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Have you ever heard a story that seems so incredible you actually wonder how true it actually is? I was told once about a pastor who stood outside his house with his wife and daughter watching their house burn to the ground. He wept not because his valuables were being destroyed before his very eyes, but because he knew his two sons were still inside. They said the firemen found the boys underneath the bed with the oldest boy ...

Have you ever known someone to change direction with the change of the wind? You know, someone who acts one way one day because it bests suits his or her purpose in that circumstance and then completely changes when the circumstance changes. The best example of that may be the infamous “fair-weather fan,” the one that roots for a team when it is winning but not when it is losing.

I’m a pretty big Falcons fan. Not as big ...

There are some interesting detail I am purposely skipping over in regards to Samuel’s parents and their relationship to each other. You should read it for yourself, since the topic and questions that come up are not really related to what I am discussing.

It is mentioned that Elkanah, Samuel’s father went up to Ephraim once a year to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. That sort of reminds me of those who only show up at church ...

This is a tribute to my dad and sons who loves this thing. It is called Animusic. Basically, a group of people wanted to put together a software program that animated music that was inputed into it. This is one of their works.

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Turns out the automatic shut-off of our iron does not work. Of course, we don’t realize this until it falls off the iron into our dirty clothes bin and starts a fire. Normally, people are upset when their houses burn down, and don’t get me wrong – we are upset about losing all our possessions, but this is probably the best thing that has ever happened to us.

See, way back when Jamie and I first got married and moved into ...

One of the most popular Bible stories is that of Gideon and his 300-man army that defeated the Midianites. The verse in particular I want to look at is Judges 7:15. God instructs Gideon to sneak down to the Midianite camp before they “strike” with their trumpets and broken jars. Gideon overhears one soldier telling another of a dream he just had that showed the entire army being overtaken by Gideon’s sword. When Gideon heard this, he ...

For the LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you people of Reuben and people of Gad. You have no portion in the LORD.’ So your children might make our children cease to worship the LORD. – Joshua 22:25

The Israelites heard about an alter built on their territory they did not build and believed it to be an alter for another god or idol. When they confronted the people of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh who ...

I used to always lead worship barefooted until a lot of more conservative places began to protest. It was not one of those issues I would go to my grave fighting for, so I would always ask and comply if the leader of the event felt it was a little over the top. Once I learned the “gimmick” had been popularized and associated with Todd Agnew, I stopped doing it all together. It would be a lie to say I ...

I just finished reading a book on the history and rapid growth of the Pentecostal movement. We had to do a book review for my History of Christianity class and I chose the one that seemed the most interesting. One specific comment stuck out more than any other part of the book. This author, who had visited hundreds of Pentecostal churches world wide as research for his book, mentions a common thread he noticed in all the churches outside of ...

My boys are growing up fast. I pray every day for wisdom on how to raise them in a way that pleases and honors God. My oldest son is 4 and is just beginning to understand the concept of “do good and good things happen, do bad and bad things happen.” We haven’t been able to get much deeper than that, but we’re working on it. Truth is, that simple, fundamental principle is Biblical lesson. Deuteronomy 30:15-20 ...