Finding Hope When We Look in The Rearview Mirror of Our Lives, Part 1

By Ron Perry | June 8, 2022 | Comments Off on Finding Hope When We Look in The Rearview Mirror of Our Lives, Part 1

Hello, my name is Ron Perry, and I have a past. My past consists of both good things and bad things. The mysterious difficulty of my past (and your past) is that the good things seem easy to forget and the bad things seem to be unforgettable. The good things in our lives are all…

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Thirsting

By George Stiekes | June 7, 2022 | Comments Off on Thirsting

Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6). It is normal to eat when we are hungry and drink when we are thirsty, but how hungry and thirsty are we after righteousness? Let’s be honest here: There are some Christians we know who definitely are not…

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It’s Called Grooming

By Kevin Schaal | June 5, 2022 |

The State of Arizona, with our tax dollars, has set up groom rooms (called Chat Spaces) where your pre-teen and junior high students can interact with adult LGBTQ+ “counselors” and older LGBTQ+ teens about their sexual orientation and gender identity questions. The site is equipped with a quick exit button so that young teens can…

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Face to Face

By George Stiekes | June 3, 2022 | Comments Off on Face to Face

And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend (Exodus 33:11). And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face (Deuteronomy 34:10). Coram Deo are two Latin words. The word coram means, before or in the presence of,…

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The End of All Things Is at Hand

By Matt Athey | June 2, 2022 |

  Peter makes a shocking statement in the middle of chapter 4, “But the end of all things is at hand…” How do we understand a statement like this, given that 2000 years have transpired, and we are still going strong? In fact, we have quite a few statements like this in the NT, statements…

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Dementia’s Drowning Caregiver

By Shelly Hamilton | June 1, 2022 |

Let’s face it—every dementia patient has a person, usually family member, who serves as main caregiver. Any other caregivers that come into the home, serve as assistant caregivers. Whenever I post about Ron’s dementia or his assistant caregivers, I point up something funny or good that happens. I usually share about the positive aspects of…

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Don’t Follow Your Heart!

By Dale Cunningham | May 31, 2022 | Comments Off on Don’t Follow Your Heart!

A man is not a murderer because he kills; he kills because he is a murderer. For out of the heart come murders (Matthew 15:19). A man is not an adulterer because he cheats on his wife; he cheats on his wife because he is an adulterer. For out of the heart comes adultery (Matthew…

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The Tyranny of “Do-Somethingism”

By Kevin Schaal | May 29, 2022 | Comments Off on The Tyranny of “Do-Somethingism”

As we celebrate—really celebrate is not the correct word—commemorate Memorial Day, our nation finds itself having memorials of an entirely different type. New York, New York–On April 12, Frank James (62), after posting violent and racist messages on Youtube and Facebook (which were not censored), set out to kill as many people as possible on…

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How to Pray in Dark Days

By Gordon Dickson | May 27, 2022 | Comments Off on How to Pray in Dark Days

“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” (Eph 6.18) In military strategy and warfare it has been said that “knowing is half the battle.” In the history of warfare allies have signaled each other with drums, flaming arrows, signal fires, smoke…

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The Christian Mission

By Thomas Overmiller | May 26, 2022 | Comments Off on The Christian Mission

Our Twofold Task for the Ages Productivity apps, gurus, journals, and training courses are in high demand because we live in a busy, distracted age. Our task lists are long, and even super-organized, but how many of our tasks are important or necessary? How many prevent us from doing what may be the most important…

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