The Bottom Line, Ministries Christian News, Articles, & Poetry

He once carved a heart in a tree. An arrow pierced the heart. His love I knew. It had pierced this heart of mine. This great love; I thought—Was for all time. That tree has long since been cut down. So to, has the love in my heart. Once strong ...

Are you thinking why me God? Why do I have to go through so much pain? Why are things so hard? For what purpose must I bear all this pain? Are my tears flowing for no reason? Have you thought about giving up but realized you can’t? No man in ...

The story by Hans Christian Andersen about the proud, showy emperor tells the tale of pride getting the best of a ruler who cared only about his outward appearance and the parading of his many beautiful clothes. Then, when he is swindled by two pretend weavers who feign the creating ...

Recently my Japanese friend, a missionary in Japan, asked for prayer about her troubled feeling aroused by the movie, Silence, shot in Taiwan by Hollywood director, Martin Scorsese. According to Time Magazine, “Silence is a somber epic about Jesuit priests struggling to keep their faith in violently anti-Christian 17th century Japan”. ...

I wake up far to soon from my sleeping. And now the darkness begins. It came hiding all of my sin Now I’m just waiting for the Sun. I try to breathe before rays are shared by the morning Sun. I’m quite undone as my confessions come in the night. ...