Around 1920, American author Ernest Hemingway’s colleagues made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. The friends wagered that Hemingway couldn’t write a story using only six words. Of course, he took the dare and they paid up. Incidentally, it’s believed that Hemingway considered it his best work: “For sale: Baby ...

‘But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.’ Ezekiel 36:21 (ESV) God cares about His name.  God’s name and the regard of it is paramount to His ministry among mankind.  He had made the Israelite people ...

At some point, we all ask the question, what do I do now?  Everything we know to do, everything we believe to be right disintegrates before our eyes.  At the end of all we can do, all that is left is to surrender our self-sufficiency and beg for direction.  Can ...

Man is so smart. We take it upon ourselves to fix everything broken: faucets, cars, toys, economies. But what happens when we come up against a situation we cannot fix; something that, despite our best human efforts, we cannot repair? Marriages go through fires. Finances come under attack. Children stray ...

“God was reminding me of what He had taught me years ago, that He will give me everything I need to be faithful to Him.” (Dr. Kent Brantly, Aug. 8, 2014) His ordeal started on the morning of July 23, 2014, when he woke up feeling ill and running a ...

Bella.  Gentle.  Innocent.  Only three years old.  Resolute! All she said when her daddy dropped her off at preschool today was, “My Mommy?”, and that started the flow.  Eventually, the tears subsided and just like everyday for the last four weeks, she refused to take off her not so little ...

Her music displays a wealth of emotions and deep spiritual insights.  There is an honesty and something that makes you think that she sees more than most people.  She is a singer/songwriter who has been composing music from a very early age.  She tours the nation and spreads the light ...

“…all the days (of my life) were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.” ( Psalm 139:16) You know every day that each one of us has on this earth. Your eyes have seen every dream, every hope, all our pain and sorrow, ...

‘The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.’ Romans 6:23 (NIV) Salvation brings many rewards.  Eternal life is just one of them.  The fact is, to receive eternal life in God’s holy Heaven, one must recognize Jesus Christ as ...

I think everyone can agree that alcoholism is a serious addiction and that it ruins lives.  “According to the National Health Interview Survey more than 50% of the population aged 18 or older uses alcohol as a stimulant/depressant. That doesn’t mean they are all alcoholics, but the social trend is that more ...