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By Stan Barth Growing up in the same small hometown with all my cousins was truly a blessing. Years have passed and so have several of the cousins. I was recently attending a memorial service for Cousin Joe’s wife, Annie. No one would say Joe and Annie had an easy...

You can see from the attached photo this gaggle of geese are sleeping at the Cooper Aerobics Center. They have spent all morning eating grass, insects, and seeds. Now they’re taking a siesta. They seem at peace from their predators. It’s like Psalm 23. The Cooper...

Not only does God make everything beautiful in his creation, evidenced by this Penta bloom, and the Monarch butterfly. What do they have in common? Well, God created them both for a purpose. He provided a way for plants to grow and blossom which, in turn, provides a...

By Dudley Hall, Founder of Kerygma Ventures Revival doesn’t start with louder worship or longer meetings. It starts with a story.The Gospel is not a formula to follow or a doctrine to debate — it’s the true story of everything: God created, man rebelled, Christ...

BLOOMS…come in so many shapes, sizes and colors. Just around our house alone are azaleas, hydrangeas, roses, camellias, pentas, bougainvillea and more. Each one has its own distinctive look; all beautiful! And virtually every class has...

Over the last several decades I don’t believe I can remember hearing more people, even prominent elected and appointed officials, proclaiming the gospel publicly. The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk two weeks ago has ignited a fire in millions of hearts and minds in this...

The question about 9/11 everyone has asked; ‘where were you when you heard about and saw the Twin Towers collapsing from the Islamic attack’? And now last week, what were your thoughts when you became aware of the assassination in Utah? What I am about to...

All of us enjoy boasting about certain things in our life. Some might call it bragging. We are proud of something or several things that have happened over the years. It might be our wonderful marriage, great school grades for our children, athletic accomplishments,...

The Lord in His great love has called each of us to inscribe His inspired Word upon our hearts. I believe He gives us our own unique ways to do this, which in my case is by drawing His Word using calligraphy. My grandfather, “Bumpa” as we call him, receives a...

As I’ve grown older, I’ve begun to understand more about the meaning and power of prayer. It allows me to get out of the way, and put God in the place where he is best suited, Supreme Lordship. And while I am praying for many things, I find that it’s...