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]

ldquo No I didn rsquo t do it rdquo Jane heard her teenage son rsquo s denial with a sinking heart for she knew he wasn rsquo t telling the truth She breathed a prayer asking God for help before asking Simon again what happened He continued to deny he was lying until finally she threw her hands up in exasperation Saying she needed a time out she began to walk away when she felt a hand on her shoulder and heard his apology He responded to the convicting of the Holy Spirit and repented In the Old Testament book [... more]

Who decides what it means to be a real man Too often we leave that job to the people who write action movies or TV shows But in this lesson Dr Tony Evans explores what the biblical model of manhood really looks like [... more]

Author Mark Twain suggested that whatever we look at in life mdash and how we see it mdash can influence our next steps even our destiny As Twain said ldquo You can t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus rdquo Peter too spoke of vision when he replied to a lame beggar a man whom he and John encountered at the busy temple gate called Beautiful Acts As the man asked them for money Peter and John looked directly at the man ldquo Then Peter said lsquo Look at us rsquo rdquo v Why did [... more]