Dr. Delron & Peggy Shirley
Teach All Nations Mission (TAN) is a global evangelical educational ministry birthed from the teaching ministries of Delron and Peggy Shirley. The name Teach All Nations Mission was chosen to carefully indicate exactly what the heart of Delron and Peggy’s mission is.
TAN’s commitment is to establish a solid foundation in the national pastors and leaders so that they can help enrich the people. The vision is Christian teaching materials (in English and the local languages) in printed form and on audio and video, providing scholarships to Christian colleges and Bible schools for promising students, assisting in establishing and building of Bible schools, and broadcasting via the internet, radio, and television.
Most of our newsletters focus on our in-person ministry around the world with an occasional testimony from ministries that we financially support such as last month’s report on the earthquake relief project in Myanmar. However, this month, we’d like to share about another substantial division of the ministry of Teach All Nations – our publications. Isaiah 52:7 says that those who publish the gospel have “beautiful feet”; therefore, we assume that we must have really goodlooking feet since our website lists sixty-two books that Delron and Peggy have authored – and that doesn’t include all the translations of our materials that are available in a number of languages. This month, we’d like to take a few minutes to share with you a few comments that we have received from those who have been impacted by these publications.
We have heard from some of the donors who receive the monthly Daily Ditties from Delron’s Desk which accompany their thank you letters that they share the booklets with friends and co-workers. One gentleman says that he uses them for discussion with his Bible study group. Another partner mentioned that he has a several-years-old edition of the annual edition of the Ditties that it reminds him of the many years of Christian fellowship and brotherhood that we have shared together. Other readers have commented that they are excited that we have made our books available for free to all the participants at our conferences and through the church-based libraries we have opened in Nepal and India.
Before we get into the discussion about how we are to confront these alien demonic forces, perhaps it is appropriate to understand where they came from and where they are going. With this knowledge, we get a bit better perspective of where we stand in the overall scheme of things when we enter into conflict with them. The Bible gives us two accounts of the origin of the devil.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? (Isaiah 14:12-17)
Most of our newsletters focus on our in-person ministry around the world with an occasional testimony from ministries that we financially support such as last month’s report on the earthquake relief project in Myanmar. However, this month, we’d like to share about...
Chapter NineteenWhere Did the Devil Come From? Before we get into the discussion about how we are to confront these alien demonic forces, perhaps it is appropriate to understand where they came from and where they are going. With this knowledge, we get a bit better...
Chapter Fourteen Knowing Our Enemy Paul said that he didn’t shadow box or box against the wind. (I Corinthians 9:26) We know the story of little Peter who cried “Wolf!” and all the men of the town would come out prepared to fight the wolf. After he cried “Wolf!” so...
Just days before Delron was leaving for Liberia to dedicate the clinic, we received news of a massive earthquake that struck Myanmar that took over sixteen hundred lives – a “double whammy” for the nation that is already suffering from the military takeover and...
Before I tell you the story of my recent mission trip to Liberia, let me share a bit of the history behind this West African nation. The third poorest country in the world, Liberia was essentially the United States’ only attempt at colonization in that it was...
Chapter Eleven Standing Against the Enemy After Having Eaten the Baby At the end of a morning service, I told the congregation that I was going to minister to them in the evening service on “After Having Eaten the Baby.” After meditating all afternoon about what...
