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Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 22, 2024
My seatmate on the flight told me she was non-religious and had immigrated to a town that was home to numerous Christians When she mentioned that most of her neighbors went to church I asked about her experience She said she could never repay their generosity When she brought her disabled father to her new country her neighbors built a ramp to her house and donated a hospital bed and medical supplies She said ldquo If being a Christian makes one so kind everyone should be a Christian rdquo Exactly what Jesus hoped she rsquo d say He told His [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 22, 2024
In Everything Sad Is Untrue Daniel Nayeri describes his harrowing flight with his mother and sister from persecution through a refugee camp to safety in the United States An elderly couple agreed to sponsor them though they didn rsquo t know them Years later Daniel still can rsquo t get over it He writes ldquo Can you believe that Totally blind they did that They rsquo d never even met us And if we turned out to be villains they rsquo d have to pay for it That rsquo s almost as brave kind and reckless as I can think [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 18, 2023
Faye touched the scars on her abdomen She had endured another surgery to remove esophageal-stomach cancer This time doctors had taken part of her stomach and left a jagged scar that revealed the extent of their work She told her husband ldquo Scars represent either the pain of cancer or the start of healing I choose my scars to be symbols of healing rdquo Jacob faced a similar choice after his all-night wrestling match with God The divine assailant wrenched Jacob rsquo s hip out of socket so that he left their tussle exhausted and with a noticeable limp Months [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 10, 2023
Ellen was on a tight budget so she was glad to receive a Christmas bonus That would have been enough When she deposited the money however she received another surprise The teller said that as a Christmas present the bank had deposited her January mortgage payment into her checking account Now she and Trey could pay other bills and bless someone else with a Christmas surprise God has a way of blessing us beyond what we expect Naomi was bitter and broken by the death of her husband and sons Ruth Her desperate situation was rescued by Boaz a relative [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
November 04, 2023
When Sherman Smith recruited Deland McCullough to play American football for Miami University he loved Deland and became the father Deland never had Deland had great admiration for Sherman and aimed to become the man he was Decades later when Deland tracked down his birth mom she shocked him with the news ldquo Your father rsquo s name is Sherman Smith rdquo Yes that Sherman Smith Coach Smith was stunned to learn he had a son and Deland was stunned that his father figure was literally his father The next time they met Sherman hugged Deland and said ldquo My [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
October 26, 2023
In the hit musical Hamilton England rsquo s King George III is humorously portrayed as a cartoonish deranged villain However a new biography on King George said he was not the tyrant described in Hamilton or America rsquo s Declaration of Independence If George had been the brutal despot that Americans said he was he would have stopped their drive for independence with extreme scorched-earth measures But he was restrained by his ldquo civilized good-natured rdquo temperament Who knows if King George died with regret Would his reign have been more successful if he rsquo d been harsher with his [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
September 26, 2023
Natalia went to a different nation with the promise of receiving an education But soon the father in her new home began physically and sexually abusing her He forced her to care for his home and children without pay He refused to let her go outside or use the phone She had become his slave nbsp Hagar was Abram and Sarai rsquo s Egyptian slave Neither one used her name They called her ldquo my slave rdquo or ldquo your slave rdquo Genesis ndash They merely wanted to use her so they could have an heir How different is God [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 03, 2023
Phil and Sandy moved by stories of refugee children opened their hearts and home to two of them After they picked them up at the airport they nervously drove home in silence Were they ready for this They didn rsquo t share the same culture language or religion but they rsquo d become people of refuge for these precious children Boaz was moved by the story of Ruth He rsquo d heard how she left her people to support Naomi and when Ruth came to glean in his field Boaz prayed this blessing over her ldquo May the Lord nbsp [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
July 07, 2023
Neither Orville nor Wilbur Wright had a pilot rsquo s license Neither had gone to college They were bicycle mechanics with a dream and the courage to try On December they took turns piloting their Wright Flyer on four separate flights The longest lasted only a minute but it changed our world forever Neither Peter nor John had a preaching license Neither had gone to seminary They were fishermen who filled with the Spirit of Jesus courageously proclaimed the good news ldquo Salvation is found in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
June 26, 2023
Dan endured daily beatings from the same prison guard He felt compelled by Jesus to love this man so one morning before the beating was about to begin Dan said ldquo Sir if I rsquo m going to see you every day for the rest of my life let rsquo s become friends rdquo The guard said ldquo No sir We can never be friends rdquo Dan insisted and reached out his hand The guard froze He began to shake then grabbed Dan rsquo s hand and wouldn rsquo t let go Tears streamed down his face He said ldquo [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
June 12, 2023
My brothers and our families spent the day moving our parents rsquo belongings from our childhood home Late in the afternoon we went back for one last pickup and knowing this would be our final time in our family home posed for a picture on the back porch I was fighting tears when my mom turned to me and said ldquo It rsquo s all empty now rdquo That pushed me over the edge The house that holds fifty-four years of memories is empty now I try not to think of it The ache in my heart resonates with Jeremiah [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
April 24, 2023
Augustine rsquo s autobiographical Confessions describes his long and winding journey to Jesus On one occasion he was riding to the palace to give a flattering speech for the emperor He was fretting over his deceptive applause lines when he noticed a drunken beggar ldquo joking and laughing rdquo He realized the drunk already had whatever fleeting happiness his shifty career might bring and with much less effort So Augustine stopped striving for worldly success But he was still enslaved by lust He knew he couldn rsquo t turn to Jesus without turning from sin and he still struggled with [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 16, 2023
In Fredric Brown's short thriller ldquo Knock rdquo he wrote ldquo The last man on Earth sat alone in a room There was a knock on the door rdquo Yikes Who could that be and what do they want What mysterious being has come for him The man is not alone Neither are we The church in Laodicea heard a knock on their door v What Supernatural Being had come for them His name was Jesus ldquo the First and the Last the Living One rdquo His eyes blazed like fire and His face ldquo like the sun shining in [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 03, 2023
Jen remarried after her first husband died The children of her new husband never accepted her and now that he rsquo s passed away too they hate her for remaining in their childhood home Her husband left a modest sum to provide for her his kids say she rsquo s stealing their inheritance Jen is understandably discouraged and she rsquo s grown bitter Naomi rsquo s husband moved the family to Moab where he and their two sons died Years later Naomi returned to Bethlehem empty-handed except for her daughter-in-law Ruth The town was stirred and asked ldquo Can this [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 31, 2022
Keith was feeling down as he trudged through the produce aisle His hands trembled from the first signs of Parkinson rsquo s disease How long before his quality of life began to slide What would this mean for his wife and children Keith rsquo s gloom was shattered by laughter Over by the potatoes a man pushed a giggling boy in a wheelchair The man leaned over and whispered to his son who couldn rsquo t stop grinning He was noticeably worse off than Keith yet he and his dad were finding joy where they could Writing from prison or [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 13, 2022
William Shatner played Captain Kirk on the television series Star Trek but he was unprepared for a real trip into space He called his eleven-minute sub-orbital flight ldquo the most profound experience I can imagine rdquo He stepped out of his rocket and marveled ldquo To see the blue color go right by you and now you're staring into blackness that's the thing rdquo You ldquo look down and there's the blue down there and the black up there rdquo He added The beauty of that color and it's so thin and you're through it in an instant Our planet [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
November 05, 2022
In archaeologist Gabriel Barkay unearthed two small silver scrolls It took years to delicately unroll the metal scrolls and each was found to contain a Hebrew etching of the blessing from Numbers ndash ldquo The Lord bless you and keep you the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace rdquo Scholars date the scrolls to the seventh century BC They rsquo re the oldest known bits of Scripture in the world Equally interesting is where they were found Barkay was digging in a cave [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
October 28, 2022
Drew had been imprisoned for two years because he served Jesus He rsquo d read stories of missionaries who felt constant joy throughout their incarceration but he confessed ldquo this was not my experience rdquo He told his wife that God had picked the wrong man to suffer for Him She replied ldquo No I think maybe He picked the right man This was not an accident rdquo nbsp Drew could likely relate to the prophet Jeremiah who had faithfully served God by warning Judah that God would punish them for their sins But God rsquo s judgment hadn rsquo [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
October 23, 2022
Two wild turkeys stood in the country lane ahead How close could I get I wondered I slowed my jog to a walk then stopped It worked The turkeys walked toward me and kept coming In seconds their heads were bobbing at my waist then behind me How sharp were those beaks I ran away They waddled after me before giving up the chase nbsp How quickly the tables had turned The hunted became the hunter when the turkeys seized the initiative Foolishly I wondered if they were too dumb to be scared I wasn rsquo t about to be [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
October 08, 2022
Stephen was an up-and-coming comedian and a prodigal Raised in a Christian family he struggled with doubt after his dad and two brothers died in a plane crash By his early twenties he rsquo d lost his faith He found it one night on the frigid streets of Chicago A stranger gave him a pocket New Testament and Stephen cracked open the pages An index said those struggling with anxiety should read Matthew ndash from Jesus rsquo s Sermon on the Mount Stephen turned there and the words kindled a fire in his heart He recalls ldquo I was absolutely [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
September 21, 2022
In his hall-of-fame career as a sportswriter Dave Kindred covered hundreds of major sporting events and championships and wrote a biography of Muhammad Ali Growing bored in retirement he started attending girls rsquo basketball games at a local school Soon he began writing stories about each game and posting them online And when Dave rsquo s mother and grandson died and his wife suffered a debilitating stroke he realized the team he rsquo d been covering provided him with a sense of community and purpose He needed them as much as they needed him Kindred said ldquo This team saved [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
September 12, 2022
Michael was diving for lobster when a humpback whale caught him in its mouth He pushed back in the darkness as the whale rsquo s muscles squeezed against him He thought he was done But whales don rsquo t prefer lobstermen and thirty seconds later the whale spit Michael into the air Amazingly Michael had no broken bones mdash only extensive bruises and one whale of a story He wasn rsquo t the first Jonah was swallowed by ldquo a huge fish rdquo Jonah and he stayed in its belly three days before being vomited onto land Unlike Michael who [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 30, 2022
Zach Elder and his friends pulled up to shore after a twenty-five-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon The man who came to retrieve their rafts told them about the COVID- virus They thought he was joking But as they left the canyon their phones pinged with their parents rsquo urgent messages Zach and his friends were stunned They wished they could return to the river and escape what they now knew In a fallen world knowledge often brings pain The wise Teacher of Ecclesiastes observed ldquo With much wisdom comes much sorrow the more knowledge the more grief rdquo [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
July 21, 2022
Two sisters from India were born blind Their father was a hard-working provider but he could never afford the surgery that would give them sight Then a team of doctors came to their region on a short-term medical mission The morning after their surgery the girls smiled wide as the nurse unwrapped their bandages One exclaimed ldquo Mother I can see I can see rdquo A man who had been lame since birth sat in his usual spot at a temple gate begging for money Peter told the man he didn rsquo t have coins but he had something better [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
June 14, 2022
When a corporation offered one thousand frequent flier miles for every ten purchases of one of their foods one man realized their cheapest product was individual cups of chocolate pudding He bought more than twelve thousand For US he received gold status and a lifetime supply of air miles for himself and his family He also donated the pudding to charity which netted him an tax write-off Genius Jesus told a controversial parable about a cunning manager who as he was being fired reduced what debtors owed his master The man knew he could rely on their help later for [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
May 06, 2022
Juanita told her nephew about growing up during the Great Depression Her poor family only had apples to eat plus whatever wild game her dad might provide Whenever he bagged a squirrel for dinner her mom would say ldquo Give me that squirrel head That rsquo s all I want to eat It rsquo s the best piece of meat rdquo Years later Juanita realized there wasn rsquo t any meat on a squirrel rsquo s head Her mom didn rsquo t eat it She only pretended it was a delicacy ldquo so us kids could get more to eat [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
May 01, 2022
Victor slowly became addicted to pornography Many of his friends looked at porn and he fell into it because he was bored But now he understands how it crushed his wife and he rsquo s vowed to put safeguards in his life so he will never look at it again Yet he fears it rsquo s too late Can his marriage be saved Will he ever be free and fully forgiven Our enemy the devil presents temptation as if it rsquo s no big deal Everyone rsquo s doing it What rsquo s the harm But the moment we catch [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
April 28, 2022
Chemotherapy reduced the tumor in my father-in-law rsquo s pancreas until it didn rsquo t As the tumor began to grow again he was left with a life-and-death decision He asked his doctor ldquo Should I take more of this chemo or try something else perhaps a different drug or radiation rdquo nbsp The people of Judah had a similar life-and-death question Weary from war and famine God rsquo s people wondered whether their problem was too much idolatry or not enough They concluded they should offer more sacrifices to a false god and see if she would protect and [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 17, 2022
A pilot couldn rsquo t fit his tea into the cupholder so he set it on the center console When the plane hit turbulence the drink spilled onto the control panel shutting off an engine The flight was diverted and landed safely but when it happened again to a crew from a different airline two months later the manufacturer realized there was a problem The plane cost US million but its cupholders were too small This seemingly small oversight led to some harrowing moments Small details can wreck the grandest plans so the man in the Song of Songs urges [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 08, 2022
Michelle Grant trained a baby beaver named Timber to return to the wild When she took him for swims in a pond he rsquo d come back to her kayak to snuggle and rub noses One morning Timber didn rsquo t return Michelle scoured the pond for six hours before giving up Weeks later she found a beaver skull Assuming it was Timber she began to cry My soul ached for Michelle and Timber I told myself ldquo Snap out of it He rsquo s just a large aquatic rodent rdquo But the truth is I cared mdash and so [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 21, 2022
Amos was an overbearing extrovert and Danny was a loner wracked with self-doubt Somehow these eccentric geniuses became best friends They spent a decade laughing and learning together One day their work would receive a Nobel Prize But Danny tired of Amos rsquo s self-centered ways and told him they were no longer friends Three days later Amos called with terrible news Doctors had found cancer and given him six months to live Danny rsquo s heart broke ldquo We rsquo re friends rdquo he said ldquo whatever you think we are rdquo Paul was a hard-nosed visionary and Barnabas [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 17, 2022
During our tour of an aircraft carrier a jet fighter pilot explained that planes need a -kilometer per hour wind to take off on such a short runway To reach this steady breeze the captain turns his ship into the wind ldquo Shouldn rsquo t the wind come from the planes rsquo back rdquo I asked The pilot answered ldquo No The jets must fly into the wind That rsquo s the only way to achieve lift rdquo God called Joshua to lead His people into the ldquo winds rdquo that awaited them in the Promised Land Joshua required two [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 22, 2022
Les Miserabl eacute s begins with paroled convict Jean Valjean stealing a priest rsquo s silver He rsquo s caught and he expects to be returned to the mines But the priest shocks everyone when he claims he rsquo d given the silver to Valjean After the police leave he turns to the thief ldquo You belong no longer to evil but to good rdquo Such extravagant love points to the love that flowed from the fountain from which all grace comes On the Day of Pentecost Peter told his audience that less than two months before in that very [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 14, 2022
Carl had contracted cancer and needed a double lung transplant He asked God for new lungs but felt odd doing so He confessed it rsquo s a strange thing to pray because ldquo someone has to die so I might live rdquo nbsp Carl rsquo s dilemma highlights a basic truth of Scripture God uses death to bring life We see this in the story of the Exodus Born into slavery the Israelites languished under the oppressive hands of the Egyptians Pharaoh wouldn rsquo t release his grip until God made it personal Every eldest son would die unless the [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 22, 2021
ldquo The Gathering rdquo in northern Thailand is an interdenominational international church On a recent Sunday Christians from Korea Ghana Pakistan China Bangladesh America the Philippines and other countries came together in a humble thread-worn hotel conference room They sang ldquo In Christ Alone rdquo and ldquo I Am a Child of God rdquo lyrics that were especially poignant in this setting No one brings people together like Jesus does He rsquo s been doing it from the start In the first century Antioch contained eighteen different ethnic groups each living in its own part of the city When believers [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 07, 2021
Dewberry Baptist Church split in the s over a chicken leg Various versions of the story exist but the account told by a current member was that two men fought over the last drumstick at a church potluck One man said God wanted him to have it The other replied God didn rsquo t care and he really wanted it The men became so furious that one moved a couple kilometers down the road and started Dewberry Baptist Church Thankfully the churches have settled their differences and everyone concedes the reason for their split was ridiculous Jesus agrees The night [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
November 08, 2021
When Christian Mustad showed his Van Gogh landscape to art collector Auguste Pellerin Pellerin took one look and said it wasn rsquo t authentic Mustad hid the painting in his attic where it remained for fifty years Mustad died and the painting was evaluated off and on over the next four decades Each time it was determined to be a fake Until when an expert used a computer to count the thread separations in the painting rsquo s canvas He discovered it had been cut from the same canvas as another work of Van Gogh Mustad had owned a real [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
October 22, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic canceled schools around the world In China teachers responded with DingTalk a digital app that enabled class to be held online Then their students figured out that if DingTalk rsquo s rating fell too low it might be removed from the App Store Overnight thousands of one-star reviews dropped DingTalk rsquo s score Jesus wouldn rsquo t be impressed with the students shirking their responsibilities but He might admire their ingenuity He told an unusual story about a fired manager who on his final day slashed the bills of his master rsquo s debtors Jesus didn rsquo [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
September 30, 2021
Someone said we go through life with three names the name our parents gave us the name others give us reputation and the name we give ourselves character The name others give us matters as ldquo a good name is more desirable than great riches to be esteemed is better than silver or gold rdquo Proverbs But reputation can be wrong Character matters more There rsquo s yet another name that matters most Jesus told the Christians in Pergamum that though their reputation had suffered some well-deserved hits He had a new name reserved in heaven for those who fight [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
September 18, 2021
Louis Zamperini survived somehow His military plane crashed at sea during the war killing eight of eleven men onboard ldquo Louie rdquo and two others clambered into life rafts They drifted for two months fending off sharks riding out storms ducking bullets from an enemy plane and catching and eating raw fish and birds They finally drifted onto an island and were immediately captured For two years Louie was beaten tortured and worked mercilessly as a prisoner of war His remarkable story is told in the book Unbroken Jeremiah is one of the Bible rsquo s unbreakable characters He endured [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 22, 2021
I ducked into a room before she saw me I was ashamed of hiding but I didn rsquo t want to deal with her right then mdash or ever I longed to tell her off to put her in her place Though I was annoyed by her behavior it rsquo s likely I had irritated her even more The Jews and Samaritans also shared a mutually irritating relationship nbsp Being a people of mixed origin and worshiping their own gods the Samaritans mdash in the eyes of the Jews mdash had spoiled the Jewish bloodline and faith erecting a rival [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
July 31, 2021
Clifford Williams was sentenced to die for a murder he didn rsquo t commit From death row he vainly filed motions to reconsider the evidence against him Each petition was denied mdash for forty-two years Then attorney Shelley Thibodeau learned of his case She found that not only was there no evidence to convict Williams but that another man had confessed to the crime At the age of seventy-six Williams was finally exonerated and released nbsp The prophets Jeremiah and Uriah were also in deep trouble They had told Judah that God promised to judge His people if they didn [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
July 11, 2021
Although Sam had done nothing wrong he lost his job on the assembly line Carelessness in another division led to problems in cars they built After several crashes made the news leery customers stopped buying their brand The company had to downsize leaving Sam out of work He rsquo s collateral damage and it isn rsquo t fair It never is History rsquo s first collateral damage occurred immediately after the first sin Adam and Eve were ashamed of their nakedness so God graciously clothed them with ldquo garments of skin rdquo v It rsquo s painful to imagine but [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
June 09, 2021
The leader of our video conference said ldquo Good morning rdquo I said ldquo Hello rdquo back but I wasn rsquo t looking at him I was distracted by my own image on the screen Do I look like this I looked at the smiling faces of the others on the call That looks like them So yes this must be me I should lose some weight And get a haircut In his mind Pharaoh was pretty great He was ldquo a lion among the nations a monster in the seas rdquo Ezekiel But then he caught a glimpse of [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
May 28, 2021
In a climber saw his last sunrise from the peak of Mount Everest He survived the dangerous ascent but the high altitude squeezed his heart and he passed away on the trek down One medical expert warns climbers not to think of the summit as their journey rsquo s end They must get up and down quickly remembering ldquo they rsquo re in the Death Zone rdquo David survived his dangerous climb to the top He killed lions and bears slew Goliath dodged Saul rsquo s spear and pursuing army and conquered Philistines and Ammonites to become king of the [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
May 24, 2021
The man ahead of me at the carwash was on a mission He purposefully strode to the back of his pickup and removed the hitch so it wouldn rsquo t snag the high-powered rolling brushes He paid the attendant then pulled onto the automated track mdash where he left his truck in drive The attendant shouted after him ldquo Neutral Neutral rdquo but the man rsquo s windows were up and he couldn rsquo t hear He zipped through the car wash in four seconds flat His truck barely got wet Elijah was on a mission too He was busy [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
April 16, 2021
Near the foothills of the Himalayas a visitor noticed a row of houses without windows His guide explained that some of the villagers feared that demons might sneak into their homes while they slept so they built impermeable walls You could tell when a homeowner began to follow Jesus because he put in windows to let in the light A similar dynamic may take place in us though we might not see it quite that way We live in scary polarizing times Satan and his demons instigate angry divisions that split families and friends I often feel like hiding behind [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 29, 2021
ldquo Why are the statues rsquo noses broken rdquo That rsquo s the number one question visitors ask Edward Bleiberg curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Bleiberg can rsquo t blame it on normal wear and tear even two-dimensional painted figures are missing noses He surmises that such destruction must have been intentional Enemies meant to kill Egypt rsquo s gods It rsquo s as if they were playing a game of ldquo got your nose rdquo with them Invading armies broke off the noses of these idols so they couldn [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 29, 2021
Andrew lives in a country that is closed to the gospel When I asked him how he keeps his faith a secret he said he doesn rsquo t He boldly wears a button that advertises his church and whenever he rsquo s arrested he tells the police that ldquo they need Jesus too rdquo Andrew has courage because he knows who rsquo s on his side Elijah refused to be intimidated even when the king of Israel sent fifty soldiers to arrest him Kings The prophet knew God was with him and he called down fire that consumed the platoon [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 12, 2021
Most Americans knew little about Alexander Hamilton Until when Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote his hit musical Hamilton Now schoolchildren know Hamilton rsquo s story by heart They sing it to each other on the bus and at recess He rsquo s their favorite founding father God knows the power of music and He told Moses to ldquo write down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it rdquo Deuteronomy God knew that long after Moses was gone when He had brought Israel into the Promised Land they would rebel and worship other gods So He told [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 25, 2020
While on a red-eye flight to Washington DC opinion writer Arthur Brooks overheard an elderly woman whisper to her husband ldquo It rsquo s not true that no one needs you anymore rdquo The man murmured something about wishing he were dead and his wife replied ldquo Oh stop saying that rdquo When the flight ended Brooks turned around and immediately recognized the man He was a world-famous hero Other passengers shook his hand and the pilot thanked him for the courage he displayed decades ago How had this giant sunk into despair Elijah bravely and single-handedly defeated prophets of [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 18, 2020
Argentina rsquo s women rsquo s basketball team came to their tournament game wearing the wrong uniforms Their navy blue jerseys were too similar to Columbia rsquo s dark blue jerseys and as the visiting team they should have worn white With no time to find replacement uniforms and change they had to forfeit the game In the future Argentina will surely double-check What are we wearing In the time of the prophet Zechariah God showed him a vision in which the high priest Joshua came before God wearing smelly filthy clothes Satan sneered and pointed He rsquo s disqualified [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
November 03, 2020
Ramesh loves to tell others about Jesus He boldly speaks with coworkers and one weekend each month returns to his village to evangelize from house to house His enthusiasm is contagious mdash especially since he rsquo s learned the value of taking time to rest and relax Ramesh used to spend every weekend and most evenings proclaiming the gospel His wife and children missed him when he was out and they found him exhausting when he was around He needed to make every minute and conversation count He couldn rsquo t enjoy games or small talk Ramesh was wound too [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
October 27, 2020
The picture made me laugh out loud Crowds had lined a Mexican avenue waving flags and throwing confetti as they waited for the pope Down the middle of the street strolled a stray puppy appearing to grin as if the cheering was entirely for him Yes Every dog should have its day and it should look like this It rsquo s cute when a puppy ldquo steals the show rdquo but hijacking another rsquo s praise can destroy us David knew this and he refused to drink the water his mighty warriors had risked their lives to get He had [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
September 27, 2020
Frank Borman commanded the first space mission that circled the moon He wasn rsquo t impressed The trip took two days both ways Frank got motion sickness and threw up He said being weightless was cool mdash for thirty seconds Then he got used to it Up close he found the moon drab and pockmarked with craters His crew took pictures of the gray wasteland then became bored Frank went where no one had gone before It wasn rsquo t enough If he quickly tired of an experience that was out of this world perhaps we should lower our expectations [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 23, 2020
Tiffani awoke in the pitch-black darkness of an Air Canada jet Still belted into her seat she had slept while the other passengers exited and the plane was parked Why didn rsquo t anyone wake her How did she get here She shook the cobwebs from her brain and tried to remember Have you found yourself in a place you never expected You rsquo re too young to have this disease and there rsquo s no cure Your last review was excellent why is your position being eliminated You were enjoying the best years of your marriage Now you rsquo [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
July 28, 2020
Tom worked for a law firm that advised Bob rsquo s company They became friends mdash until Tom embezzled thousands of dollars from the company Bob was hurt and angry when he found out but he received wise counsel from his vice president a believer in Christ The VP noticed Tom was deeply ashamed and repentant and he advised Bob to drop the charges and hire Tom ldquo Pay him a modest salary so he can make restitution You rsquo ll never have a more grateful loyal employee rdquo Bob did and Tom was Mephibosheth grandson of King Saul hadn [... more]
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