The Bottom Line, Ministries Christian News, Articles, & Poetry

There are two reasons people fail to trust God. First, it can be born out of  hardship when you are faced with a bad situation; you can’t see how it can possibly be good. The second way is when life is going really great; it can be easy to fall ...

Satan is winning the war in the minds of many teenagers. As if Ouija boards are not enough, they are now engaged in a new craze. Parents may want to know what is going on if they see their children crossing pencils in the figure of a cross, on a ...

In a recent Bottom Line article, Amelia shared her excitement of participating in a Memorial Day parade by marching down the sidewalk snapping photos. What an uplifting article! Her perspective gave me hope that my observations at our local Memorial celebration do not, perhaps, indicate the national trend I suspected. ...

“I have my ruts, and I like them!” That great honesty came from a child, but it expresses a truth that holds many of us captive.  “Rut thinking” is a nasty captor because it usually blinds the captive to the bondage.  The walls of the rut grow higher each year, ...

There really is pleasure in sin—for a time. It lures us in, making promises it knows it will never keep. It thrives on rationalization and justification. It tells us we will be the one to get by with it.  Sin would not be an issue if it came to us ...