The Way to Rejoicing
I gave a homeless man five minutes of my time, a smile and a chance to earn a few dollars. In return he taught me a valuable lesson.
Honestly I had tried to avoid him at first. I saw him walking toward me as I pushed my grocery cart across the parking lot. He wore cutoff jeans, a t-shirt with... >Read More
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Take a Breather
Ever have a moment when you just need to take a breath? For one JetBlue employee a moment’s distress could end up costing him his job.
Steven Slater, an experienced flight attendant was honestly trying to do his job. A passenger ignored the pilot’s warning to remind seated and stood to retrieve her bag from the overhead compartment. Slater...... >Read More
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Who Benefits From Prayer?
CNN ran an interview this morning that caught my attention. Anderson Cooper was interviewing Christopher Hitchens the author of God Is Not Great. Hitchens is quite famous for his views against the existence of God. He is also currently battling a very lethal form of cancer. Cooper wondered if the disease had changed his beliefs at all. Hitchens...... >Read More
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Praying for an Atheist
Christopher Hitchens, best known for many years as a journalist and author, achieved notoriety for his book God is not Great: How Religion Poisions Everything. It is essentially an extended tirade against faith in general (and Christianity in particular). He contends that religion is the main source of hatred in the world. Technically Hitchens refers...... >Read More
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A Wonderful Work
Do you want the strength to face life’s challenges? Take our free online study and learn how to stand up to your fears with strength and courage.
All my life, I’ve been told that I was beautiful - by my parents, my family, and my extended church family. Never once in my life had anyone that I loved and respected... >Read More
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US Honors 1000th GI Lost
Today as we mark Memorial Day, the United States has lost its 1000th GI to the combat in Afghanistan. Marine Corporal Jacob Leicht, a native of Kerrville Texas, had been in country just two weeks after spending the last two years in physical therapy for a serious injury sustained in combat in Iraq. He would have turned 25... >Read More
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Does God Care Who Wins?
Does God care about sports? Although God, as creator of the world and everything in it, is infinitely greater than and exists wholly apart from this universe, God is also omnipresent in the world. He sustains it and everything in it by His power: "For in him we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28) This we... >Read More
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Love, Prayer, and Forgiveness
Christian marriages should be different. Why? The answer is because we have... >more
Mar 11: People Need Prayer, So Share Prayer!
What is one of the most effective ways to connect with other... >more
What Do You Fear?
