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

Earlier this week, I had a depressing conversation with a co-worker.  My co-worker described to me that his church was not doing their usual “Living Cross” play.  The play reenacts the events leading up to, during, and after the birth of Christ.  The church has done the play for many ...

Marie lived many years ago. She came from a poor farm family in Kentucky, and left home at seventeen to be married. She lived an ordinary life, filled with hard work and little extra. But Marie had a God-given musical talent. She could play piano, guitar, and violin “by ear.” ...

One of the things that amazes me most about Jesus (and what I wish I had more of) is His “never get ruffled” demeanor.  Have you noticed that, particularly in John 5?  No matter what the circumstances, He always responded with quiet, calm assurance.  Peace and quiet confidence wrapped around ...

You don’t have to wait until January 1st to think about your new year resolutions. It’s never too early to start planning what you want to accomplish in 2015. Life gives us so many directions to take it can be hard to focus on how to make our resolution list ...

“Let’s ask God for a word for our waiter.” We were at a restaurant in Florida and didn’t know a soul in town. All we knew of our server was that he was from Morocco. When we prayed, I sensed The Lord say that his father was in need of ...