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

Triumphant living does not always have the ring-tone we long to hear.  Yet as Oswald Chambers says, “There is no majestic vitality and power of God in ‘suffering the will of the Lord.’ ”  So, when life feels less than majestically alive and powerful, how do we align our reality ...

Have you ever asked yourself, “Why was I put on this earth? What is my purpose? What is God’s plan for my life?” I have pondered these questions many times. Usually it’s when a life altering event has taken place or when everything appears to be in total chaos. But ...

Mom passed away on Monday, June 1.  If you had talked to her before the Alzheimer’s got rooted in her brain, she would have told you that she wasn’t anything special.  She graduated from high school, raised her kids, went to church and worked in a grocery store.  She wasn’t ...

Somedays I feel like one of the dregs of society. I’m not successful enough. Thin enough. Woman enough. Christian enough. I feel like trash. I feel like giving up, but one thing that helps me is to look at the characters of the Bible and remember how God used other ...

Every word of the Bible is meant to give instruction and inspiration to the reader.  The story in the Old Testament book of 2 Kings 5:1-27, is no exception.  It gives us an important look into the keys of receiving from God.  This particular story centers around Naaman, a man ...