On this episode of Our American Stories much was at stake in this first race to space Nations and top scientists across the globe pursued the elusive goal of powered flight but two bicycle mechanics from Dayton Ohio - brothers with their own scant resources - made it happen This is their story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

In Ecclesiastes Solomon says that he denied his heart no pleasure The result Nothing was gained It was a chasing after wind Pleasure is a poor substitute for our hearts greatest need [... more]

Building benches isn rsquo t James Warren rsquo s job He started building them however when he noticed a woman in Denver sitting in the dirt while waiting for a bus That rsquo s ldquo undignified rdquo Warren worried So the twenty-eight-year-old workforce consultant found some scrap wood built a bench and placed it at the bus stop It quickly got used Realizing many of the nine thousand bus stops in his city lacked seating he made another bench then several more inscribing ldquo Be Kind rdquo on each one His goal ldquo To make people rsquo s lives just [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories much was at stake in this first race to space Nations and top scientists across the globe pursued the elusive goal of powered flight but two bicycle mechanics from Dayton Ohio - brothers with their own scant resources - made it happen This is their story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Pastor Rick teaches from the book of the Acts [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories much was at stake in this first race to space Nations and top scientists across the globe pursued the elusive goal of powered flight but two bicycle mechanics from Dayton Ohio - brothers with their own scant resources - made it happen This is their story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

The sixth-grade basketball game was well underway Parents and grandparents were cheering on their players while younger brothers and sisters of the boys on the teams entertained themselves out in the school hallway Suddenly sirens blared and lights flashed in the gym A fire alarm had been tripped Soon the siblings came streaming back into the gym in panic looking for their parents There was no fire the alarm had accidentally been activated But as I watched I was struck by the way the children mdash sensing a crisis mdash unashamedly ran to embrace their parents What a picture of [... more]

Some years ago a man walked about a block ahead of me I could clearly see his arms were full of packages All of a sudden he tripped dropping everything A couple of people helped him to his feet assisting him in collecting what he rsquo d dropped But they missed something mdash his wallet I picked it up and took off in hot pursuit of the stranger hoping to return that important item I yelled ldquo Sir sir rdquo and finally got his attention He turned just as I reached him As I held out the wallet I rsquo [... more]

Join us as we worship our Triune God- For more information about Grace Church please visit www graceharrisburg org [... more]

Growing up in a single-parent home Jackie Hill Perry learned very early that men were unpredictable and sometimes dangerous while women were loving and safe She felt same-sex attractions at an early age and eventually pursued an active lesbian lifestyle When she was years old God called Jackie to purity which led her into a wonderful relationship with the man who eventually became her husband and the father of her children Receive the book Gay Girl Good God for your donation of any amount Plus receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today Your monthly support helps families [... more]

Pastor Greg Laurie sits down with Austin Carlile former vocalist from Of Mice Men about his journey to faith Austin recounts the years he spent running away from God and how he came into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ Although he was raised by Christian parents Austin Carlile grew angry with God after his mother's death and pursued satisfaction in a music career Having spent years in the band Of Mice Men Austin Carlile had it all money fame and a fast lifestyle He performed alongside Kanye West Linkin Park Avenged Sevenfold and others but inside he had a [... more]

The dormouse rsquo s nose twitched Something tasty was nearby Sure enough the scent led to a birdfeeder full of delicious seed The dormouse climbed down the chain to the feeder slipped through the door and ate and ate all night Only in the morning did he realize the trouble he was in Birds now pecked at him through the feeder rsquo s door but having gorged on the seed he was now twice his size and unable to escape Doors can lead us to wonderful places mdash or dangerous ones A door features prominently in Solomon rsquo s advice [... more]

I nbsp squeezed my eyes shut and started counting aloud My fellow third-grade classmates tore out of the room to find a place to hide After scouring every cabinet trunk and closet for what felt like hours I still couldn rsquo t find one of my friends I felt ridiculous when she finally jumped out from behind a lacey potted fern hanging from the ceiling Only her head had been eclipsed by the plant mdash the rest of her body had been in plain sight the entire time Since God is all-knowing when Adam and Eve ldquo hid from Him [... more]

There is a game of cat and mouse being played in Samuel - and it isn't between Saul and David it's between God and Saul God has been hounding Saul at every turn and now He will give him one last chance to surrender LINKS Visit our website https www wisdomonline org Make a donation https www wisdomonline org donate Free ebook https www wisdomonline org offer Free issue of our magazine https www wisdomonline org magazine [... more]

Diet Eman was an ordinary shy young woman in the Netherlands mdash in love working and enjoying time with family and friends mdash when the Germans invaded in As Diet pronounced Deet later wrote ldquo When there is danger on your doorstep you want to act almost like an ostrich burying its head in the sand rdquo Yet Diet felt God calling her to resist the German oppressors which included risking her life to find hiding places for Jews and other pursued people This unassuming young woman became a warrior for God nbsp We find many stories in the Bible [... more]

Jesus told a story about a lost sheep and a loving shepherd who pursued it relentlessly In the message quot The Worst People in the Best Place quot Skip explores the kind of shepherd that Jesus is to you This teaching is from the series Now Streaming Links Website https connectwithskip comDonate https connnectwithskip com donateThis week's DevoMail https connnectwithskip com devomail [... more]

In James Ward the creator of the blog ldquo I like Boring Things rdquo launched a conference called the ldquo Boring Conference rdquo It rsquo s a one-day celebration of the mundane the ordinary and the overlooked In the past speakers have addressed seemingly meaningless topics like sneezing sounds that vending machines make and inkjet printers of Ward knows the topics may be boring but the speakers can take a mundane subject and make it interesting meaningful and even joyful Several millennia ago Solomon the wisest of kings launched his own search for joy in the meaningless and mundane He [... more]

Victory can be dangerous if we don't know how to receive it Adrian Rogers shows how David demonstrated wisdom in victory [... more]

They call it a can't win scenario Pharaoh finally let Israel leave Egypt but then pursued them in order to kill them The people said we should never have left bondage is better than death In this message we learn that the power of God is on display when we like Moses find ourselves in tight places nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

ldquo I fled Him down the nights and down the days rdquo opens the famous poem ldquo The Hound of Heaven rdquo by English poet Francis Thompson Thompson describes Jesus rsquo unceasing pursuit mdash despite his efforts to hide or even run away from God The poet concludes ldquo I am he whom Thou seekest rdquo The pursuing love of God is a central theme of the book of Jonah The prophet received an assignment to tell the people of Nineveh notorious enemies of Israel about their need to turn to God but instead ldquo Jonah ran away from the [... more]

The Israelites started strong in their march out of Egypt When they realized they were being pursued though they became fearful and began complaining Hear how God and Moses responded to this discouraged group on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]

For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the whole earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His The Lord wants to strongly support you and you want to have a heart that is completely His The question is how do you know if your heart is fully devoted to God Curious In this message Chip gives us the answer [... more]

ldquo Time went by War came in rdquo That rsquo s how Bishop Semi Nigo of the Keliko people of South Sudan described delays in his church rsquo s long struggle to get the Bible in their own language Not one word in fact had ever been printed in the Keliko language Decades earlier Bishop Nigo rsquo s grandfather had courageously started a Bible translation project but war and unrest kept halting the effort Yet despite repeated attacks on their refugee camps in northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo the bishop and fellow believers kept the project [... more]

When the hut of a settler in a mountainous region of Alaska caught fire the settler was left without adequate shelter and with few provisions in the coldest state in the United States mdash in the middle of a frigid winter Three weeks later an aircraft flew over and spied the large SOS the man had stamped out in the snow and darkened with soot and he was finally rescued nbsp The psalmist David was certainly in dire straits He was being pursued by jealous King Saul who sought to kill him And so he fled to the city of [... more]

At the phone store the young pastor steeled himself for bad news His smart phone accidentally dropped during our Bible class was a total loss right Actually no The store clerk recovered all of the pastor rsquo s data including his Bible videos and photos She also recovered ldquo every photo I rsquo d ever deleted rdquo he said The store also ldquo replaced my broken phone with a brand new phone rdquo As he said ldquo I recovered all I had lost and more rdquo David once led his own recovery mission after an attack by the vicious Amalekites [... more]

Even though the prophet Jonah ran from the call of God God pursued him In the message quot You Can Run but God quot Skip explains that even your willfulness won t stop God carrying out His will for your life This teaching is from the series but God Links Website https connectwithskip comDonate https connnectwithskip com donateThis week's DevoMail https connnectwithskip com devomail [... more]

David did not rely on his own strength when he approached Goliath but entrusted his life to the mighty hand of God Today R C Sproul revisits one of the most famous stories in the Bible Get the 'Dust to Glory' Special Edition DVD Series with R C Sproul for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org dust-to-glory Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

Though named as King David was pursued by a jealous King Saul for ten long years Still he could say of God ldquo You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies rdquo Can you face trials with that kind of confidence Here are more lessons from Psalm nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

Pastor Greg Laurie has titled his current series World Changers We're looking at those individuals whom God used to show us how to walk with the Lord how to live above reproach and how to stand up to opposition Today on A New Beginning as we continue our study of the life of the World Changer named Moses we'll see God brought about one of the most talked-about miracles in the entire Bible when the Israelites were being pursued by the Egyptians Fasten your seatbelts Here it comes View and subscribe to Pastor Greg's weekly notes --- Learn more and [... more]

Support the show https www davidjeremiah org See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Pastor Rick teaches from the Book of Joshua Joshua - [... more]

Support the show https www davidjeremiah org See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Pastor Greg Laurie sits down with Austin Carlile former vocalist from Of Mice Men about his journey to faith Austin recounts the years he spent running away from God and how he came into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ Although he was raised by Christian parents Austin Carlile grew angry with God after his mother's death and pursued satisfaction in a music career Having spent years in the band Of Mice Men Austin Carlile had it all money fame and a fast lifestyle He performed alongside Kanye West Linkin Park Avenged Sevenfold and others but inside he had a [... more]

North Carolina government could help improve health care in the state by reforming the existing system of graduate medical education That's a recommendation from Katherine Restrepo the John Locke Foundation's director of health care policy Restrepo explains GME's important role and suggests ideas for helpful changes When you think of concepts linked to the U S Constitution corruption might not be the first one that comes to mind But professor Frank Buckley of George Mason University argues in his latest book that the Constitution was designed as an anti-corruption tool Buckley shares key themes from Republic of Virtue and discusses [... more]

The N C Press Association recently recognized Carolina Journal's excellence with three awards Carolina Journal Online won first-place honors in NCPA's annual competition for Election Political Reporting and Editorials CJ also collected a third-place award for News Enterprise Reporting Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson discusses the awards and their significance for Carolina Journal's work Thirty years have passed since then-U S Education Secretary William Bennett put forward a theory that increased student aid from the federal government drives up the cost of college tuition President Jenna Robinson of the James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal recently reviewed what has come to [... more]

After President Trump announced plans to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement N C Gov Roy Cooper joined more than public officials across the country in signing an open letter pledging continued support for the agreement Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes Cooper's action and the response from Republican legislative leaders Henderson also discusses North Carolina's ability to take any actions on its own that would affect global warming North Carolina lawmakers continue to wrestle with the best way to handle taxation of sales made over the internet One idea under discussion would force online vendors [... more]