Pastor Damian rsquo s schedule included hospital visits to two people nearing death who rsquo d chosen two different life paths In one hospital was a woman beloved by her family Her selfless public service had endeared her to many Other believers in Jesus had gathered around her and worship prayer and hope filled the room In another hospital the relative of a member of Pastor Damian rsquo s church was also dying His hardened heart had led to a hard life and his disheveled family lived in the wake of his poor decisions and misdeeds The differences in the [... more]

Discover magazine suggests that there are around quintillion followed by zeros planets in the universe but only one like Earth Astrophysicist Erik Zackrisson said that one of the requirements for a planet to sustain life is to orbit in the ldquo Goldilocks rdquo zone where the temperature is just right and water can exist Out of quintillion planets Earth seems to be one planet where conditions are just right Zackrisson concluded that Earth somehow had been dealt a ldquo fairly lucky hand rdquo Paul assured the Colossian believers that the universe existed not because of Lady Luck but because of [... more]

In the aftermath of the Marshall Fire the most destructive fire in Colorado history one ministry offered to help families search through the ashes for valuable items Family members mentioned precious objects they hoped were still preserved Very little was One man spoke tenderly of his wedding ring He rsquo d placed it on his dresser in the upstairs bedroom The house now gone its contents had charred or melted into a single layer of debris at the basement level Searchers looked for the ring in that same corner where the bedroom had been mdash without success The prophet Isaiah [... more]

Northern Spain produced a beautiful way of expressing communion and friendship With the countryside full of handmade caves after each harvest some farmers would sit in a room built above a cave and inventory their various foods As time passed the room became known as the ldquo telling room rdquo mdash a place of communion where friends and families would gather to share their stories secrets and dreams If you needed the intimate company of safe friends you would head for the telling room Had they lived in northern Spain the deep friendship shared by Jonathan and David might have [... more]

ldquo Bobbie the Wonder Dog rdquo was a collie mix separated from his family while they were on a summer vacation together over miles from home The family searched everywhere for their beloved pet but returned heartbroken without him Six months later toward the end of winter a scraggly but determined Bobbie showed up at their door in Silverton Oregon Bobbie somehow made the long and dangerous trek crossing rivers desert and snow-covered mountains to find his way home to those he loved Bobbie rsquo s quest inspired books movies and a mural in his hometown His devotion strikes a [... more]

The fire hydrant gushed into the street and I saw my opportunity Several cars had splashed through before me and I thought What a great way to get a free wash My car hadn rsquo t been cleaned for a month and the dust was thick So I fired it up and headed into the deluge Crack It happened so fast The sun had already beaten down on my black car that morning heating its glass and interior But the water from the hydrant was frigid As soon as the cold gush hit the hot windshield a crack struck like [... more]

In twelve-year-old Conrad Reed found a large glittering rock in the stream that ran through his family rsquo s small farm in North Carolina He carried it home to show his father a poor immigrant farmer His father didn rsquo t understand the rock rsquo s potential value and used it as a doorstop The family walked by it for years Eventually Conrad rsquo s rock mdash actually a seventeen-pound gold nugget mdash caught the eye of a local jeweler Soon the Reed family became wealthy and their property became the site of the first major gold strike in the [... more]

My four-year-old grandson sat on my lap and patted my bald head studying it intently ldquo Papa rdquo he asked ldquo What happened to your hair rdquo ldquo Oh rdquo I laughed ldquo I lost it over the years rdquo His face turned thoughtful ldquo That rsquo s too bad rdquo he responded ldquo I rsquo ll have to give you some of mine rdquo I smiled at his compassion and pulled him close for a hug Reflecting later on his love for me in that cherished moment also caused me to ponder God rsquo s selfless generous love G [... more]

Tragedy struck near Los Angeles in January when nine people died in a helicopter crash Most news stories began something like this ldquo NBA superstar Kobe Bryant his daughter Gianna ldquo Gigi rdquo and seven others lost their lives in the accident rdquo It rsquo s natural and understandable to focus on the well-known people involved in a horrible situation like this mdash and the deaths of Kobe and his precious teenager Gigi are heartbreaking beyond description But we must keep in mind that in life rsquo s big picture there rsquo s no dividing line that makes the ldquo [... more]

After my mother rsquo s sudden death I was motivated to start blogging I wanted to write posts that would inspire people to use their minutes on earth to create significant life moments So I turned to a beginner rsquo s guide to blogging I learned what platform to use how to choose titles and how to craft compelling posts And in my first blog post was born Paul wrote a ldquo beginner rsquo s guide rdquo that explains how to obtain eternal life In Romans ndash he contrasts the fact that we rsquo re all born in rebellion to [... more]

When Swedish missionary Eric Lund felt called by God to go to Spain to do mission in the late s he immediately obeyed He saw little success there but persevered in his conviction of God rsquo s calling One day he met a Filipino man Braulio Manikan and shared the gospel with him Together Lund and Manikan translated the Bible into a local Philippine language and later started the first Baptist mission station in the Philippines nbsp Many would turn to Jesus mdash all because Lund like Isaiah responded to God rsquo s call ldquo Here am I Send me [... more]

http christiancarguy com Link to The Ten Words PDF Digging into the many words that repeat time and again in the th Psalm today word - The Way mailto rdilmore truthnetwork com [... more]

For you can buy a new McLaren S sports car The vehicle comes with a V engine pumping horsepower mdash considerably more than you rsquo ll need for your morning commute Of course you might be tempted to use all that power One Virginia driver learned his McLaren was so fast it could go from an upscale showroom to the scrap heap in just twenty-four hours One day after buying the car he slammed it into a tree Thankfully he survived Just three chapters into the story of the Bible we learn how a different bad choice and a tree [... more]