A Christian school for autistic children in India received a big donation from a corporation After checking that there were no strings attached they accepted the money But later the corporation requested to be represented on the school board The school director returned the money She refused to allow the values of the school to be compromised She said ldquo It rsquo s more important to do God rsquo s work in God rsquo s way rdquo There are many reasons to decline help and this is one of them In the Bible we see another When the exiled Jews [... more]

Sometimes when we make heroes out of the human characters in biblical stories we forget who the real hero of the Bible is So before we even get past the introduction of this study of Esther Stephen makes sure we have our eyes focused laterally rather than horizontally As we'll discover in today's message the real King of Persia isn't seated in the palace He's seated just above the royal throne [... more]