Most parents soon learn that their children imitate what they do more often than they listen to what they say. Who hasn’t had an embarrassing moment with their child when an inappropriate word or behavior was mimicked? Though we’d like to believe our children listen to what we say in ...
Read More »How To Personally Apply the Truth
At a recent Christ-centered ladies’ event, one of the ladies seated at my table stated her disdain for a family member who always made sure his conversation with her centered around the Gospel. She viewed this focus on the wisdom of scripture to be judgmental. She explained her wild teenage ...
Read More »A Heap of Ruins
The house looked forgotten after 30 years sitting empty; a heap of ruins against the afternoon sky. Screens loosed from the front porch windows waved to us in the breeze, and man-sized holes caved in parts of the roof. Junk rested tiredly against the sides of the house. The beehive ...
Read More »A Robbery Gone Right!
For most of us, sharing our faith in Christ would be the last thing on our mind if someone was demanding our money and threatening to shoot us if we didn’t hand it over. But for 92-year-old Pauline Jacobi of Dyersburg, Tennessee, the opportunity to share her faith with the ...
Read More »Our Hope: Being The Light
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 (NKJV) Jesus called His followers “the light of the world”. By so doing, He reinforced the thread He Himself had taught them during their time together, which was the very ...
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