Dr Steve Pettit preaches a chapel message from Mark The post Preach the Gospel appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]

Encouragement is like oxygen mdash we can rsquo t live without it This was true for nine-year-old James Savage The boy swam more than two miles from the San Francisco shoreline to Alcatraz Island and back breaking the record for the youngest person to accomplish the feat But thirty minutes into the swim the choppy frigid waters made James want to quit However a fleet of paddlers called out ldquo You can do it rdquo The words gave him the boost he needed to finish his goal When the choppy frigid waters of tribulation made believers in Jesus want to [... more]

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]

Episode Dr Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Key questions answered in today's show If Christians are supposed to follow Christ and do as he did why is it that so many Christians stop short of the full demands of love Why don't more people commit to live humble lives for Christ We are so materialistic and worldly and we have so much stuff Shouldn't we be like the early church that had everything in common and give most of what we have to the poor I would love to hear your thoughts on [... more]