If you only hear one side of the story, then you’re not thinking. We were glad when a new couple began to visit our church for several weeks. The husband had been in a rock band before he trusted Christ as his Savior. Now he and his wife were... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The Jr. High girls had gone over the top with their lipstick again. One day, a janitor at a private school noticed lipstick stains on the mirrors in the women’s restroom. The girls had been kissing the mirrors. After taking pains to clean the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The test of a person’s character is not what he does when everything’s going well, but how he responds to loss. When most of us think about loss in the Bible, the first person that comes to mind is Job. We’ve heard the story before: One day... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
It’s the most-quoted verse in the Bible, but what does John 3:16 mean to someone who has never heard it before? A tired and cold newspaper boy approached a policeman one night and asked, “Mister, where can a poor boy find a warm place to... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Daniel was a long way from home. His parents had either been killed or taken prisoner by the enemy king, Nebuchadnezzar. The Babylonians had destroyed everything he held dear. With so much sorrow in his life, Daniel could have made a lot of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Faith can see the hand of God in the bleakest of circumstances. Joseph was cast into a dirty pit by his brothers. He was sold into slavery. He was falsely accused of immorality and thrown in prison. Still, he believed God was in control. God... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Years ago, a Fishing Club member’s husband died. They had had a wonderful relationship; so when her husband died, she was more lonely than she ever thought she would be. She wrote Victory In Grace and asked for prayer. My son-in-law, Neal,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Sometimes when you are in the dry time, the hard time, the terrible time, you have to weep until you have no more power to weep. This is what David did. It was only after he wept that he was able to encourage himself in the Lord. The passage... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
A stepwell is a well in which you get water, not by pulling up a bucket but by walking down some stairs. It is most common in India, where water has always been a precious commodity. Between the 11th and 16th centuries, stepwells were built... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Why do good people suffer? The story of Joseph is a touching account of the path God often uses to build His children’s faith. He was the favorite among Jacob’s twelve sons and received the best his father had to offer. This fueled his... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
