When a Child Enters Heaven

Two days before his sixth birthday, a little boy crossed that thin veil and entered into the presence of God. It was unexpected. His brief years here held some developmental challenges which he met with courage. He played and learned, progressing nicely and making his family proud. He communicated with ...

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The Tween, The Teen, And The Topic of Sex

Run! Flee! The commands came in droves as the two portioned their bodies closer together in attempts to becoming one. Lingering flits of thought burst brighter as reality crept in. The rapid breath of his emotions began to toy with his mind leaving doubts seeping through his teenage thoughts. This ...

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Walking The Hard, Narrow Road

There’s an old saying: “If it were easy, everyone would do it.” The walk of Christian faith is not a leisure stroll through serene territory. Often, it is a challenging trek through some of the most rugged self-imposed terrain imaginable. I say self-imposed, because Jesus often guides us through the ...

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Why The Bible?

I was in a conversation with a nonbeliever and the topic of Scripture came up. He wanted to know why the Bible was considered Holy.  He had a hard time putting faith into something wrote by a man and besides that it was translated over and over.  How could I trust ...

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Gifted Artists

Do you ever wish you could ‘see’ the images described so vividly throughout the Scriptures?  I do!  I have a very literal mind and minimal artistic ability.  As I read through books like Daniel, Ezekiel and Revelation, I long to have a straight-from-Scripture glimpse of the passages.  Over the years, ...

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