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

The story goes that an unwelcome visitor found central Illinois in the 1840’s in the form of cholera, one of the most deadly diseases of the time. It traveled on the ferry, arriving inside one very sick man. The  epidemic that ensued started with another man’s curiosity.   He knew ...

Legendary Gospel music singer and composer, Andrae Crouch, passed away Thursday, January 8. He died of a heart attack at the age of 72. He was an extremely popular Christian musician who wrote his first tune at 14 years of age, and since the 1960’s, when he ushered in Gospel ...

“The reason we see so much misconception, fear, and controversy surrounding spiritual gifts in the west is that once the church begins moving in the power of the Spirit, she will bulldoze the kingdom of darkness,” a pastor once said. The difference between fighting our battle without the fullness of ...

So, have you heard about the relatively new tipping trend occurring today?   Patrons of various restaurants around the nation are leaving outlandishly large tips for their server.  The charge receipt usually has the message, “God Bless”, or “Jesus Loves You”, or clearly, “Tips For Jesus”.  Instagram’s “Tips For Jesus” page ...

Yesterday, my wife and I were treated to an hour long massage session (an awesome Christmas gift from our oldest son), and we had lunch at Applebee’s. We ate; joked about our massage therapists; and talked a lot about God and the kingdom. It was the perfect mid afternoon date. ...