Whatever your particular need may be, you will find some promise in the Bible related to it. Are you faint and feeble because your way is rough and you are weary? Here is the promise--"He gives power to the faint."1 When you read such a promise, take it back to the great Promiser and ask Him to fulfill His own word. Are you seeking for Christ and thirsting for closer ...
Read MoreIn Matthew 11:11 Jesus said, “Among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist!” What made John such an outstanding figure? None of us today has been called to the same ministry that John the Baptist was. We haven’t been called to live in the desert and exist on a diet of insects and do the strange things John did. Nevertheless, we have been ...
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My wife, Donna and I have three boys that we love and adore. Caleb is 27 years old; Jake is 17 and Elijah is 14. Every Easter she thoughtfully and painstakingly puts together easter baskets with their favorite candies, a special gift and a chocolate cross. I have always thought the chocolate crosses sitting on the store shelf looked a little bit cheesy, but this year I have a new thought about ...
Read MoreYou—or someone you know—may soon be graduating. The time has finally come for the ol’ cap-and-gown routine. I extend my congratulations! You may not have set new academic records or had perfect attendance . . . but you finished. You got it done. You saw it through. I commend you. Your course was lengthy, at times tedious, and occasionally dull . . . but you made it. And soon you ...
Read MoreHave you ever cooked something, tasted it, and thought, “Something’s missing!”? Well, today on Discover the Word, we kick off a new series to discuss the missing ingredient in a church that seemed to have everything. Is it possible that the same ingredient is missing in your life and in your church? Be part of the group on Discover the Word!
Read MoreI want to leave a legacy How will they remember me? Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough To make a mark on things?…from Legacy by Nichole Nordeman I say it often because I’m on-air while most of us are at work. What you do matters. But I’m not just talking about your job. The words of “Legacy” came crashing home to us a few weeks before Easter. Our beloved friend ...
Read MoreReader, have you come to "the sprinkled blood"? The question is not whether you have come to a knowledge of doctrine or an observance of ceremonies or to a certain form of experience, but have you come to the blood of Jesus?
Read More(Psalm 105:15; 1 Samuel 24:10) In a time like this of tolerance, listen, false teaching will always cry intolerance; it will always say you’re being divisive, you’re being unloving, you’re being ungracious, because it can only survive when it doesn’t get scrutinized. And so it cries against any intolerance. It cries against any examination, any scrutiny.
Read MoreHow can we possibly believe in the actual resurrection of Christ? How do we know it even happened at all? The implications, either way, are earth shattering.
Read MoreMary Magdalen was a sinner extraordinaire. She was much like us; lost and trying to make her way through a cold and hard world. But she met Jesus and all of that changed. In Jesus she found hope, forgiveness and salvation. The old Mary was gone and a new woman stood in her place. Doesn’t that sound like our own story? Mary Magdalen’s transformation was so profound that it inspired one ...
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