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  • Looking For Something

    Contributed by Michael Parks on Mar 30, 2016
     | 8,133 views

    Looking for Something? Mat 6:33 When we need answers to life’s questions where do we look? There certainly isn’t any shortage of information on the internet these days. You can find almost any answer to any question or help with whatever you are struggling with. But, is it the right answer? This ...read more

  • Grandma's Hands

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 23, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,726 views

    Grandma’s Hands When I stand at the graveside for an elderly person, I think about the life they have lived, that dash between the birth date and date of death. I think about all they have seen, all they have experienced. And I think about this story that is told: Grandma, some 90+ years, sat ...read more

  • God's Protection

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 18, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,567 views

    Nadin Khoury was thirteen years old, five foot two, and weighed, soaking wet, probably a hundred pounds. His attackers were teenagers, larger than Nadin, and outnumbered him seven to one. For thirty minutes they hit, kicked, and beat him. He never stood a chance. Khoury’s mom had recently moved the ...read more

  • Mother Teresa

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
     | 6,876 views

    Mother Teresa was attending a party full of dignitaries. The guest list included presidents and statesmen from around the world. They came in their crowns and jewels and silks. Mother Teresa wore her ever-present sari, held together by a safety pin. True leadership must be for the benefit of the ...read more

  • Leadership

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,578 views

    I remember hearing a story about a famous film producer. As a child, he had a fight with another boy and lost. While his mother was bathing his black eye, he told her how it was entirely the fault of the other boy. It was the other boy who had started the fight, he claimed. His mother said ...read more

  • Encouragement

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,992 views

    In August 1995, the church I pastored made the decision to do a major renovation on our thirty-five-year-old sanctuary. The first step was to put together a crew of people to do internal demolition. Around forty people showed up to take care of this task. Dust was everywhere as we ripped up ...read more

  • Hope

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
     | 15,970 views

    In September 1988, Hurricane Gilbert hit the Louisiana coast. At that time it was considered the “Storm of the century.” It battered the shoreline, severely disrupting the shrimping business. Many shrimp boats were lost, causing great concern for several families dependent on shrimping for their ...read more

  • Mission

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
     | 5,134 views

    Or what about the missionaries preaching in Africa from Revelation 3:20 (ESV), “Behold, I stand at the door and knock,” without knowing that in this African context only thieves knock on doors to see if anyone is home. Friends, on the other hand, announce their presence by calling out. So these ...read more

  • Hugging

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
     | 5,729 views

    Once at a young girl’s funeral, I had to make just such a decision. The girl’s father was a member of our church and an air force serviceman. He was an aide on Air Force One and had flown with the president many times. A few generals and lots of upper-crust brass attended the funeral. When it came ...read more

  • Mothers

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,647 views

    To Mama and Jesus, You and He, You gave me life and He extended it. You saved me from the cold and He from sin. You taught me hope and He defended it. From you I once was born . . . from Him again. You let me skip in fields that He had made. He bid me bless the loaves you baked for me. You ordered ...read more

  • Death

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 7,941 views

    IN LATE WINTER DURING THE FIFTY-NINTH YEAR of his life, John Donne braved the weather and rough roads of the English countryside to keep his final preaching engagement before the king in London. He had spent most of that winter, what would be his last, battling “consumption,” and on several ...read more

  • Loving Neighbour

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 4,023 views

    A Little Pointer on Keeping a Balance Here’s a little bonus tip that I’ve found helpful to keep my wits about me as I live next to these wild Vikings we call sinners, pagans, and wacko unbelievers while keeping my vertical relationship with God strong. It’s called “whimsical holiness,” which is ...read more

  • Marriage

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 8,174 views

    A story from Warsaw, Ohio, is catching some attention today (August 13, 2014). It seems the dancers at Foxhole nightclub decided to picket a church that had been hassling them for years. Apparently the members and pastor of New Beginnings Ministries felt called by God to try to rid their community ...read more

  • Conformity

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 6,488 views

    I first noticed this in leading people to Christ. They were beautiful before they were “church broke.” Great young converts often start out as radiant Christians and end up only as carbon-copy Baptists. Great young ministers start out as adorable mavericks, but after a business meeting or two and a ...read more

  • Being Self

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 8,799 views

    A little boy named Adam wanted to be like his friend Bobby. Adam loved the way Bobby walked and talked. Bobby, however, wanted to be like Charlie. Something about Charlie’s stride and accent intrigued him. Charlie, on the other hand, was impressed with Danny. Charlie wanted to look and sound like ...read more

  • Faith

    Contributed by Darryl Womack on Dec 17, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 17,850 views

    In the movie called the Matrix there is one of the best encouragements to share our Faith with others that I have ever seen. The Spiritual leader of that rag tag bunch goes by the name of Morpheus and the young deliverer who he believes is the promised one goes by the name of Neo. Needless to say ...read more

  • God's Love Shown Through The Wooden Manger To The Wooden Cross

    Contributed by John Crowe on Dec 8, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,248 views

    From a simple wooden manger to a cruel wodden cross, God is demonstrating ...read more

  • Standing Up For Persecuted Christians

    Contributed by John Crowe on Oct 29, 2015
     | 4,421 views

    Michael Horowitz is a Jewish attorney in Washington, D.C. who has done more for persecuted Christians than almost any Christian I know. He recently wrote to me that from his long experience with efforts to help rescue persecuted Christians, his sad experience is that U. S. Christian leaders are ...read more

  • Smell The Rain

    Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Sep 10, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,535 views

    When my daughter Cynthia was a little girl, we lived in Odessa, TX. We made one of the pilgrimages that we did from time to time to see my wife, Rosemary’s family. Rosemary’s brother, Michael was in town at the time from the Navy. Now in West Texas, rain is a beautiful thing. We got one of ...read more

  • May I Tell You A Story?

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jul 15, 2015
     | 5,187 views

    May I Tell You a Story? Mom and I sat on the rest home porch As May’s sun gave a golden glow. Rocking side by side in wooden chairs, Like we had done so long ago. My mind slipped back to childhood days, When we would sit and rock for hours; I thought of Mom’s little garden and smiled When I ...read more