Nothing could pull Aakash out of his dark depression Severely injured in a truck accident he was taken to a missionary hospital in Southwest Asia Eight operations repaired his broken bones but he couldn rsquo t eat Depression set in His family depended on him to provide which he couldn t do so his world grew darker One day a visitor read to Aakash from the gospel of John in his language and prayed for him Touched by the hope of God rsquo s free gift of forgiveness and salvation through Jesus he placed his faith in Him His depression [... more]

In this episode James Banks and Robby Dilmore discuss praying for the gift of forgiveness [... more]

On June the singing competition American Idol debuted Each week hopefuls performed their own versions of popular songs and the viewing audience voted on who advanced to the next round of the competition As one of the panel judges on the show Randy Jackson rsquo s signature feedback was this zinger ldquo You made that song your own dawg rdquo He lavished that praise when a singer took a familiar tune learned it inside out and then performed it in a new way that gave it unique personal spin To ldquo make it their own rdquo was to own it [... more]

Area Seventy Richard Neitzel Holzapfel recently gave a talk in Utah and explained to high school students how the church needs to drop the dead prophets and embrace the living apostles Does this mean any living prophet trumps one who has died Does this make any sense in the religion known as Mormonism Bill and Continue reading Cast Away the Dead Prophets Part ' [... more]

Holocaust survivor Corrie ten Boom knew the importance of forgiveness In her book Tramp for the Lord she says her favorite mental picture was of forgiven sins thrown into the sea ldquo When we confess our sins God casts them into the deepest ocean gone forever I believe God then places a sign out there that says No Fishing Allowed rdquo She points to an important truth that Christians can sometimes fail to grasp mdash when God forgives our wrongdoing we are forgiven fully We don rsquo t have to keep dredging up our shameful deeds wallowing in any mucky [... more]