On a national day, two brothers stood in an outdoor meeting listening to their father give a brief Christian talk. At the finish of the talk, the father said, "A transcript of this talk is freely available to anyone who would like to have it." One of the brothers was...
I was recently given an invitation to join a group of highly dedicated people. They meet regularly and have a wide variety of interests pertaining to their particular subject. The invitation came from one of the speakers of an upcoming meeting so I thought, '"Wow! I...
"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow." (1 Cor. 3:6) I am sure you have seen this – weeds or little flowers pushing their way up to the sunshine in a crack of a sidewalk, driveway or road. Sometimes I wonder how they thrive so well, when...
"I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for good and not for evil, to give you a hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11) The devil sends people your way at your work place, in your area, even in your church to get your attention, to keep your...
Although I’ve been hand-raising Lineolated Parakeets for the past 4 years, hand-raising cockatiel babies is totally new to me. Nonetheless, when my cockatiel pair finally produced their first babies, I figured, “no problem, they will be just the same as the...
It all started out innocently enough. I was doing a routine search of the ministry websites, looking for a story that had been published a couple of years ago, and when the site search engines repeatedly crashed my web browser, I decided to look it up on Google....
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. Not everyone who says to...
Last Saturday we began examining an interesting prophecy found in Isaiah 32, a warning to complacent women: "You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!" (Isa 32:9) We discovered that the...
"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16 Only let us live...
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matt 28:19-20...