Threading A Needle

Threading A Needle How many times have people attempted to thread a needle with a camel or jump across the Snake River Canyon on a motorcycle?  What happened in these situations? Most Christians, and a lot of people in the secular community, are familiar with the story of the rich man asking about entering the Kingdom of Heaven and learning that it’s easier to thread a needle with a camel. Those that are a little older may remember Evil Knievel attempting to jump the Snake River Canyon on a motorcycle.…

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A Russian Christian Couple with 7 Children Tell Their Inspiring Story

A Russian Christian Couple with 7 Children Tell Their Inspiring Story by Anna Berseneva-Shankevich  for Russia-Insider A refreshing glimpse into a thriving modern Christian family The Nagornov family Parents: Andrei Viktorovich, fifty-four, a Hermitage Theater actor; Tatiana Ivanovna, forty-four, a primary school teacher. They have been married for twenty years. Their children: Ivan, nineteen, a second-year student of Moscow State Pedagogical University (the Chemestry Department); Maria, sixteen, an eleventh grader; Daria, fourteen, an eighth grader; Gabriel, eleven, a fifth grader; Nina, eight, a second grader; Nadezhda, six; Viktor, three. Andrei…

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Dashed To Pieces

Dashed To Pieces As our sin grows our lives become unmanageable by allowing the sin to become our master. The sin looks different to all people but it is still the same under the hood. Behind the mask of a smile resides the pain of someone separated from God. The list of carnal sins is many and the wretched man that I am is the same wretched man as everyone else. We are all the same in God’s eyes. Isiah (chapter 13) sees something that we see today, but he…

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Selma, Alabama’s First Black Church Is Still Going Strong. Take A Look At Its Amazing Legacy

Selma, Alabama’s First Black Church Is Still Going Strong. Take A Look At Its Amazing Legacy By Christine Weerts for The Federalist First Baptist has always had strong members whose faith, tested and tried with slavery, Jim Crow segregation, intimidation, violence, and even a devastating tornado, triumphed over all. Now let us have a little talk with Jesus Let us tell Him all about our troubles He will hear our faintest cry, He will answer by and by Now when you feel a little prayer wheel turnin’ And you know a…

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Justice To The Defenseless

Justice To The Defenseless This past weekend was a little different than most. My wife has been really sick for several days and sleeping for close to 3 days straight – more than 60 hours of continuous sleep. To say that it was a little unsettling would be a massive understatement. When God decides it’s time we pay attention do we listen, do we have to listen, do we have a choice in the matter? If it’s God’s decision, and He is sovereign, then, from my perspective we must listen…

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