Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Wars and rumors of wars. Chaos. Tragedy. Trouble on all sides. When we hear of all these things it is natural to become fearful. We worry about the future–about what it may hold. But should we worry? After all, we are children of God, and if we are ...
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How to Control Your Suffering
His sweet little spirit brought joy to his fellow travelers on the rutted roads of the Oregon Trail. The ticket west had appealed to his father and mother and they had hitched their wagon to the dream of a better life beyond the great Rocky Mountains. Early in the journey, ...
Read More »Fight the Goliath: The story about the missionary, Avril Varosky
Hudson Taylor, the English missionary, founded China Inland Mission in 1865, which became OMF International in 1965. Pastor Doug Vavrosky, born in America, along with his wife Avril Vavrosky have been the missionaries sent by OMF since 1981. They served in Taiwan for 12 years and still focus on Chinese ...
Read More »An Explanation of the Trinity
For 2000 years, Christianity has taught that God is a Trinity, not because of church councils, not because of traditions, and not because of denominational confessions, but because an honest reading of the Scriptures leads us to conclude that God exists as a Trinity. What is the Trinity? Simply put ...
Read More »Artificial Intelligence Being Used to Replace God
“This new religion states that men can make a new god for himself…worshiping a computer is like bowing down to a tiny gold elephant, the only difference is that the new version has an on-off switch and needs to be plugged in.” This is the response of Rabbi Moshe Avraham Halperin ...
Read More »A Good Name
“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver or gold.” (Proverbs 22:1) “A good name is better than precious ointment, And the day of death better than the day of one’s birth;” (Ecclesiastes 7:1) Have you been given “A good name“? ...
Read More »How the Bible Works to Change Your Life
2 Timothy 3: 16-17 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. God the Holy Spirit is the ultimate author of the Scriptures, He inspired ...
Read More »Sticks and Stones: Satan’s Name-Calling Game
For over 170 years, children everywhere have chanted some version of “Sticks and Stones, “ first published in England, in response to the hurtful words of another. Sadly, this little rhyme is proven untrue before too many years of one’s childhood pass. Hurtful words are part of Satan’s game, and ...
Read More »Perfect Measurements
A glance through history makes it plain; perfect measurements are as fickle as the fleeting ideals of a generation! Sadly, both men and women have felt the pressure of falling short when measured against an ever-changing standard. And what better example than one’s physical attributes… Greek and Roman statues in ...
Read More »The Everliving Lover
Hosea 2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. We know very little about Hosea’s history. However, biblical scholars call him ‘Israel’s First Evangelist’. Because Hosea was an honorable man, it must have seemed ...
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