Grant MacDonald / Foter.com / CC BY-NC 2 Cor. 4:7-14 (14) In “The Body,” Chuck Colson recounts that on May 1, 1990 at Moscow’s Red Square the usual procession of military might was being paraded before the throngs of people. Tanks, missiles, and troops passed before the Communist party elite. It was a demonstration of […]
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jimmywayne / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND Acts 13:26-33 (30) [30] But God raised him from the dead:. An interesting history surrounds the grave of Abraham Lincoln. In 1776 thieves exhumed the casket in an attempt to steal his body for ransom. The plot was foiled when the thieves were unable to manage the 500 pound,
Ezekiel 33:30-33 (31) Covetousness might be called “the sin that is most ignored.” The tenth commandment is the one that is normally skipped. Charles Haddon Spurgeon said of the thousands he had seen saved he never heard someone say they were saved from the sin of covetousness. LaSalle was a famous priest of the middle
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Luke 12:22-28 (24) There are times when it feels like we are in a pressure cooker situation. The lid is sealed. Life’s situation is heating up. The pressure is becoming unbearable. The Word of God reminds us repeatedly that God will never leave us or forsake us. He is with us in our times of
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Tony Fischer Photography / Foter.com / CC BY John 5:19-23 (21) In the last days of the Civil War, the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, fell to the Union army. Abraham Lincoln insisted on visiting the city. Even though no one knew he was coming, slaves recognized him immediately and thronged around him. He had liberated
Foter.com / Public Domain Mark 1.0 John 5:26-31 (29) In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph. He didn\’t profess to be a born-again Christian, but it seems he must have been influenced by Paul\’s teaching of the resurrection of the body. Here\’s what he wrote: The Body of B. Franklin,
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Psalm 105:1-6 (4) John Adams, the second president of the United States of America was now almost 90 years old. He had outlived his beloved wife Abigail, several of his children, and all of his contemporaries except for his friend Thomas Jefferson. His health was failing. And yet on a sunny day at Peacefield, his
. . . . . Former Nazarene Theological Seminary professor and leading Nazarene theologian J. Kenneth Grider presents an examination of the doctrine of entire sanctification in an easy to read, easy to understand format. Dr. Grider particularly relates entire sanctification to the baptism of the Holy Spirit. This book represents an important benchmark in
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Harmony Hill Youth Retreat October 25-27, 2013 Speaker: Rodney Davis Theme: Dare to Prepare Your Heart Who: Ages 13 and up When: 7:30 pm Friday to 1 pm Sunday Where: HHYC, Fulton, MO What: Bring Bible, clothes, bed and bath linens, deodorant, etc. How Much: $45 Need Info? Check out www.hhyc.net Contact Karen
A lady was summering in Switzerland. On day she went out for a stroll. Presently climbing the mountain side, she came to a shepherd\’s hut. She walked to the door and looked in. There sat the shepherd, and near at hand on a pile of straw lay a single sheep. Scanning it closely, the lady
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