As a child I collected postage stamps When my angkong Fukienese for ldquo grandfather rdquo heard of my hobby he started saving stamps from his office mail every day Whenever I visited my grandparents Angkong would give me an envelope filled with a variety of beautiful stamps ldquo Even though I rsquo m always busy rdquo he told me once ldquo I won rsquo t forget you rdquo Angkong wasn rsquo t given to overt displays of affection but I felt his love deeply In an infinitely deeper way God demonstrated His love toward Israel when He declared ldquo I [... more]

A man owned more than million in bitcoin but he couldn rsquo t access a cent of it He lost the password for the device storing his funds and disaster loomed after ten password attempts the device would self-destruct A fortune lost forever For a decade the man had agonized desperately trying to recall the password to his life-altering investment He tried eight passwords and failed eight times In he lamented that he had just two more chances before it all went up in smoke We rsquo re a forgetful people Sometimes we forget small things where we placed our [... more]

After receiving the devastating diagnosis of a rare and incurable brain cancer Caroline found renewed hope and purpose through providing a unique service volunteering photography services for critically ill children and their families Through this service families could capture the precious moments shared with their children both in grief and ldquo the moments of grace and beauty we assume don rsquo t exist in those desperate places In the hardest moments imaginable those families choose to love despite and because of it all rdquo There rsquo s something unspeakably powerful about capturing the truth of grief mdash both the devastating [... more]

ldquo See that rdquo The clock repairman pointed his flashlight beam on a small fine mark roughly engraved inside the old grandfather clock he was working on in our home ldquo Another repairman could have put that there almost a century ago rdquo he said ldquo It rsquo s called a lsquo witness mark rsquo and it helps me know how to set the mechanism rdquo Before the age of technical bulletins and repair manuals ldquo witness marks rdquo were used to help the person making a future repair to align moving parts with precision They were more than just [... more]

In Revelation a voice from the throne of God says ldquo Write 'Blessed are those who are called to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb ' rdquo These called ones have an engraved invitation to attend the greatest wedding feast nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

Every tombstone represents a life once lived Names and dates are etched in stone but their legacies are engraved in the memories of those who knew them How do you want to be remembered Hear more when you listen to Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]

In Revelation a voice from the throne of God says ldquo Write 'Blessed are those who are called to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb ' rdquo These called ones have an engraved invitation to attend the greatest wedding feast The marriage supper of the Lamb will be a dinner like no other nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

Did you know that the words discipling and discipline come from the same Greek root word They are similar actions--challenging correcting and helping to mature But discipling is for a willing individual and discipline for an unwilling one Being part of a church body means that we are accountable to each other counseling encouraging and correcting one another for the sake of the Gospel even when it requires confrontation [... more]

I stood amazed at the hundreds of thousands of padlocks many engraved with the initials of sweethearts attached to every imaginable part of the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris The pedestrian bridge across the Seine River was inundated with these symbols of love a couple rsquo s declaration of ldquo forever rdquo commitment In the love locks were estimated to weigh a staggering fifty tons and even caused a portion of the bridge to collapse necessitating the locks rsquo removal The presence of so many love locks points to the deep longing we have as human beings for assurance [... more]

It makes no logical sense but when my parents died within a three-month period I feared they would forget me Of course they were no longer on earth but that left me with a large uncertainty I was a young unmarried adult and wondered how to navigate life without them Feeling really single and alone I sought God nbsp One morning I told Him about my irrational fear and the sadness it brought even though He knew it already The Scripture passage that came in my reading for the day was Isaiah ldquo Can a mother forget the baby at [... more]

Jimmy had been up on the Mountain praying for just that when he spotted a crystal rolling down the stream engraved with the words To love another person is to see the face of God When Jimmy found the crystal it painted a rainbow towards the whole gang under the hood of Jimmy's Jeep creating quite a stir Now Jimmy is climbing in to his Jeep headed to Pop's Malt shop to meet Allie [... more]