North Carolina worship pastor at Forest Hills Church, Gentry Edding lost his two sons in a car accident on May 23, 2015. His wife, Hadley who was 8 months pregnant at the time was traveling with their two-year-old son, Dobbs, in a separate vehicle. Gentry had just presided over his ...

Nine-year music veteran, Josh Wilson, hit a high note last week when his latest release That Was Then, This Is Now, landed in the top five on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. Previously, he took the No. 5 slot with 2013’s Carry Me.[1] It was also the first time ...

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  Hebrews 11:1 For those of us who have our eyesight, the thought of losing it is pretty unnerving and quite possibly unimaginable.  We make concerted efforts to protect our vision.  We don’t look straight at ...

Ahhh, to be young again. Sometimes I wish I could go back and re-live my childhood days, as they seem a far cry from some of the headaches and heartaches I’ve gone through in my later years. Still, I thank God for the journey—for the wisdom I gained along the ...

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. (John 4:18 NIV) A relationship that is anointed by God has a deep sense of unity and peace, unexplainable. It will ...

“Go tell that long tongue liar, go tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler and the back biter, tell them that God’s going to cut you down.” –Johnny Cash How should Christians talk to sinners, be they drug addicts, homosexuals, thieves, rapists, compulsive gamblers, alcoholics, sex addicts or ...

It has been said that it takes a village to raise a child. Here is a story of a community coming together to help an elderly man of 75 years. Leonard Bullock, of Pendleton, Oregon, was unable to maintain his house. It badly needed a fresh coat of paint. One ...

Did you know that each of the 10 plagues of Egypt was a strike against a specific Egyptian god? In a previous post, we examined how even God’s judgments reveal His mercy, and one purpose of the plagues was that the Egyptians might know the One True God and be ...

Have you ever considered the patience of God? He ignored the sins of mankind since the fall of Adam and Eve. He is so patient that He waited until the fullness of time when He sent Jesus Christ to die for all of mankind and passed over more sins then ...

Everybody got something to say about everything. Yet half of the time, it’s much ado about nothing. It’s for us to pass the opinions of others through the sieve of our minds, and sift out the junk that doesn’t make sense. The opinions of others can either help us up ...