Timothy Austin (Turkey)
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Sign Up Today“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? . . . Do not I fill heaven and earth?” - Jeremiah 23:23-24 (NIV)
When I moved to the bustling metropolis of Istanbul, a city of more than 15 million people, God seemed distant and unconcerned. My wife, our two children, and I had moved into a small apartment in a crowded part of the city. It was at the crossroads of two busy...
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