Love is patient, love is kind…it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs, (1 Corinthians 13:4-5, NIV).
She was at it again. Mrs. Barnett was getting out the scorecards and tallying up the points.
I sat with an older woman as she began enumerating her family’s shortcomings. Read more…
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us” (2 Corinthains 4:7 NIV).
The speaker came out onto the stage. He pulled out a one-hundred dollar bill.
“Who would like this one-hundred dollar bill?” he asked.
Hands shot up all around the room. Read more…
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness,” (1 John 1:9 NIV).
An email comes to me hundreds of times every year. The names are different, the situations are varied, but the underlying theme is the same…I can’t forgive myself. Read more…
Freed to Start Anew
Today’s Truth
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV)
Friend To Friend
Laura lived in a small town with parents who were morally sound and family oriented. She went to church from her earliest remembrance and was baptized when she was twelve-years-old. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her,” (John 8:7 NIV).
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“What are we going to do with this Jesus,” the chief priest asked the group. “He is going about healing people left and right. Everywhere I go the buzz is about Jesus. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Love is patient, love is kind…it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered’ it keeps no records of wrongs” (1 Corinthinas 13:4).
Friend to Friend
She was at it again. Mrs. Barnett was getting out the scorecards and tallying up the points.
I sat with an older woman as she began enumerating her family’s shortcomings. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago” (Psalm 77:11 NIV).
Friend To Friend
Sometimes it is easy to read about Adam and Eve’s failure in the garden and wonder how they could have been so disobedient. But in reality, this is not Adam and Eve’s story alone. Read more…
Today’s Truth
2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV) “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”
Friend To Friend
The speaker came out onto the stage. He pulled out a one-hundred dollar bill.
“Who would like this one-hundred dollar bill?” Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers” ( NIV emphasis added).
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June was a senior on the debate team when she presented a pro-life argument. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6 NIV).
Friend to Friend In the Old Testament, there is an interesting account of two kings, two sins, two convictions, and two responses. What makes it interesting is that one king’s sin doesn’t seem so bad, but his kingdom was taken away, Read more…