Pastor Rick teaches from the book of the Acts [... more]

There is no doubt that the homegoing of a young life especially one whose life promised so much for the gospel of Jesus Christ is often confusing and in our perspective tragic One author referred to the death of a committed Christian at the early stages of great potential as The sun going down at noon But what we learn from these men and women is that the best time to walk with God is always today We never know what will happen tomorrow Listen to the full-length version or read Stephen's manuscript here https www wisdomonline org teachings kings-lesson- [... more]

Prior to the reign of young King Josiah the scriptures had been misplaced They were lost Can you imagine what that would be like today What if all the Bibles in the world suddenly disapeared The truth is while we have billions of copies of Scripture in different languages and translations the Gospel is becoming as lost now as it was then How do we rediscover God's Word in the st Century The answer is found in II Kings chapter Listen to the full-length version of this message or read Stephen's manuscript here https www wisdomonline org teachings kings-lesson- [... more]

In a car executive visiting Denmark learned that a Buick Dual Cowl Phaeton was owned by a local resident Since the car never actually went into production it was a rare find mdash a one-of-kind vehicle Delighted with the discovery the executive bought the car and spent his time and money to have it restored Currently this unique car is featured in a world-renowned collection of classic vehicles Hidden treasures can take many forms and in the book of Chronicles we read about another discovery of a lost treasure Eighteen years into his reign as king of Israel Josiah began [... more]

While scuba diving in Jennifer rsquo s eyes fixed on a small green bottle at the bottom of a river She scooped up what she describes as ldquo a once-in-a-lifetime find rdquo The bottle contained a message written by a young man on his eighteenth birthday in The words requested that whoever discovered the message return it to him Jennifer used Facebook to locate a delighted family member of the man Although he rsquo d died in his once-hidden note brought joy to Jennifer and his family In Kings we read that Hilkiah made an extraordinary find when he ldquo [... more]

The ornate ceremonial bow and quiver had hung on the wall of our home in Michigan for years I rsquo d inherited them from my father who acquired the souvenirs while we were serving as missionaries in Ghana Then one day a Ghanaian friend visited us When he saw the bow he got a strange look on his face Pointing to a small object tied to it he said ldquo That is a fetish mdash a magic charm I know it has no power but I would not keep it in my house rdquo Quickly we cut the charm from [... more]