Enjoying the warm summer evening, I stood in left field. My softball skills weren’t the best, and the coach had placed me where he thought I could do the least damage. But then… with a crack of the bat, the ball zoomed right at me. I held up my glove … Continue reading →
When I was a teenager, our family adopted a little dog someone had dumped on our country road. One morning we offered him leftover biscuits. He took one look, scooped them in his mouth, walked around the house, dug a hole, and promptly buried the food. Even though those biscuits … Continue reading →
Dmitri, a simple man who loved God and loved His word, lived in Russia when the communists took over. When churches were closed and the communists tightened their grip on Christians, Dmitri continued to openly share scriptures with his family. Through his open windows, the villagers would stand outside to … Continue reading →
Jesus told us to go and tell and make disciples. The world needs to know about Jesus. They need to know of The One who quiets the storms, who can do all things, who loves with an unfailing love, who promises to wipe away ever tear, who will never leave, … Continue reading →
When a person works in a coal mine, they dig out what they find in the earth, and coal dust covers their bodies. If you stood outside a mine at quitting time, it would be very obvious who had worked in the shaft. Every step the workers took, everything they … Continue reading →
John Harper, a widower and preacher, was aboard the Titanic in 1912 when an iceberg scraped and ripped open the ship’s hull. John was traveling with his six-year-old daughter and his relative, Jessie Leitch. He quickly got Jessie and his daughter on a lifeboat while shipmates assured everyone the Titanic couldn’t … Continue reading →
In our world, numbers gauge success, yet with God one matters. Your one soul mattered so much to God that He sent His one and only Son (John 3:16). There is one God and one Savior (1 Corinthians 8:6). Jesus is the one who will save (1 John 4:14, Romans … Continue reading →
