Dr Steve Pettit begins a discipleship series entitled Truth and Love from John The post An Introduction to I John Pt appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]

Pastor Skip shares a message about the very real figure known as the Antichrist whose number is [... more]

BJU President Steve Pettit begins a discipleship series entitled Truth and Love from John The post A Pastoral Letter From The Beloved Disciple appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]

The shofar blasts had four different sounds that signified different actions but the final blast was loud and long This is what they heard when God spoke on Mount Sinai in the wilderness John wrote in Revelation that God's voice is the sound of the shofar Some rabbis claim Satan hates the sound of the shofar because he cannot tell the difference between the sound of the shofar and God's voice When he hears it he trembles Very soon God is going to sound the last blast and we will be out of here To support this ministry financially visit [... more]

The shofar blasts had four different sounds that signified different actions but the final blast was loud and long This is what they heard when God spoke on Mount Sinai in the wilderness John wrote in Revelation that God's voice is the sound of the shofar Some rabbis claim Satan hates the sound of the shofar because he cannot tell the difference between the sound of the shofar and God's voice When he hears it he trembles Very soon God is going to sound the last blast and we will be out of here To support this ministry financially visit [... more]

The shofar blasts had four different sounds that signified different actions but the final blast was loud and long This is what they heard when God spoke on Mount Sinai in the wilderness John wrote in Revelation that God's voice is the sound of the shofar Some rabbis claim Satan hates the sound of the shofar because he cannot tell the difference between the sound of the shofar and God's voice When he hears it he trembles Very soon God is going to sound the last blast and we will be out of here To support this ministry financially visit [... more]

The shofar blasts had four different sounds that signified different actions but the final blast was loud and long This is what they heard when God spoke on Mount Sinai in the wilderness John wrote in Revelation that God's voice is the sound of the shofar Some rabbis claim Satan hates the sound of the shofar because he cannot tell the difference between the sound of the shofar and God's voice When he hears it he trembles Very soon God is going to sound the last blast and we will be out of here To support this ministry financially visit [... more]

Psychologist Madeline Levine noticed the fifteen-year-old girl rsquo s ldquo cutter disguise rdquo mdash a long sleeve T-shirt pulled halfway over her hand commonly used by people who engage in self-harm When the young girl pulled back her sleeve Levine was startled to find that the girl had used a razor to carve ldquo empty rdquo on her forearm She was saddened but also grateful the teen was open to receiving the serious help she desperately needed The teen in some way represents many people who have carved ldquo empty rdquo mdash perhaps not on their forearms but on their [... more]

Decades ago Dr Jerry Motto discovered the power of a ldquo caring letter rdquo His research found that simply sending a letter expressing care to discharged patients who had previously attempted suicide reduced the rate of recurrence by half Recently health care providers have rediscovered this power when sending ldquo caring rdquo texts postcards and even social media memes as follow-up treatment for the severely depressed nbsp Twenty-one ldquo books rdquo in the Bible are actually letters mdash epistles mdash caringly written to first-century believers who struggled for a variety of reasons Paul James and John wrote letters to explain [... more]

Every Christmas we decorate our home with nativity scenes from around the world We have a German nativity pyramid a manager scene fashioned out of olive wood from Bethlehem and a brightly colored Mexican folk version Our family favorite is a whimsical entry from Africa Instead of the more traditional sheep and camels a hippopotamus gazes contently at the baby Jesus The unique cultural perspective brought to life in these nativity scenes warms my heart as I ponder each beautiful reminder that Jesus rsquo s birth was not just for one nation or culture It is good news for the [... more]

BJU President Steve Pettit begins a discipleship series entitled Truth and Love from John The post A Pastoral Letter From The Beloved Disciple appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]

The closer someone in a royal family is to the throne the more the public hears about him or her Others are almost forgotten The British royal family has a line of succession that includes nearly sixty people One of them is Lord Frederick Windsor who rsquo s forty-ninth in line for the throne Instead of being in the limelight he quietly goes about his life Though he works as a financial analyst he rsquo s not considered a ldquo working royal rdquo mdash one of the important family members who are paid for representing the family David rsquo s [... more]