One evening in the Great Alaska earthquake shocked and writhed for more than four minutes registering a magnitude In Anchorage whole city blocks disappeared leaving only massive craters and rubble Through the dark terrifying night news reporter Genie Chance stood at her microphone passing along messages to desperate people sitting by their radios a husband working in the bush heard that his wife was alive distraught families heard that their sons on a Boy Scout camping trip were okay a couple heard that their children had been found The radio crackled with line after line of good news mdash pure [... more]

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What is prayer at its most basic level Is it a wish list that we send up to the genie in the sky a way to unleash the power of positive thinking or a ritual we have to go through to gain God's favor Or is it just a waste of time telling God things he already knows Fortunately prayer isn't any of those things Pastor J D takes a fresh look at the basics of our faith as he continues our series called START [... more]

Children often ask the best questions When only -years-old our oldest son asked me How can I trust God to care about my hurts when I see what He allows Mom to go through For a lifetime Paul Young wrestled with that kind of question and more That journey led him to write the hugely popular book THE SHACK The question is God Good serves as the centerpiece for nearly everything he does in his writing and speaking That's why I invited him to call the show and talk about this as the world tries to wrap it's collective mind [... more]

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