How You Can Have a Perfectly Strong & Reliable Foundation for Life
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How You Can Have a Perfectly Strong & Reliable Foundation for Life

There’s a new house being built in our neighborhood. They started by digging down through the pliable earth, set forms, and poured a concrete foundation. Every building needs a strong foundation if we want it to stand through the storms of life. So, let me ask you… What is your foundation for life? Your family…

How to Answer Someone Who Says Your Faith is Belief Without Evidence
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How to Answer Someone Who Says Your Faith is Belief Without Evidence

There’s a Twitter user who seems to take pleasure in challenging followers of Jesus and the Bible. This individual often replies to faith posts with comments like… “Faith is believing something without sufficient evidence. Faith is pretending to know things you don’t know.” Is that right? Is faith belief without evidence? This is how the…

Want Hope? You Need This Truth About Satan and the Book of Life
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Want Hope? You Need This Truth About Satan and the Book of Life

Many books and movies present a dastardly villain as part of the storyline. Readers and viewers are most satisfied when finally as the story comes to a close the villain is defeated and justice prevails. “Villain” does not even begin to describe satan. The dark, dark evils he has reigned down on the world and…

How to Stand Strong With Faith in a One-World System of Religion
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How to Stand Strong With Faith in a One-World System of Religion

The last verse of yesterday’s chapter (Revelation 17) says: This woman you saw in your vision represents the great city that rules over the kings of the world.” Revelation 17:18 Many have shared that one of the signs of the End Times is the idea of a “one-world” system of governing. One of those individuals…

Why It’s Important to Open the Doors of Your Heart to Jesus
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Why It’s Important to Open the Doors of Your Heart to Jesus

There were more than 60 of us . . . 13-year-olds making a statement of faith and joining the church. Our pastor, following a long tradition, prayerfully chose a Bible verse for every person in the class. My friends received verses like Romans 8:28, John 3:16, Isaiah 41:10, and Jeremiah 29:11. And then he came…

How You Can Believe that You Have Been Given Victory Through Jesus
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How You Can Believe that You Have Been Given Victory Through Jesus

I have to be careful how much I allow myself to watch the news. You see, I’ve always been an emotion just under the surface kind of person. It doesn’t take much for my “feelings” to influence my mood. And of course, the news likes to promote sensationalism. What’s the saying? “If it bleeds, it…

3 Courageous Examples from the Life and Death of the First Martyr
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3 Courageous Examples from the Life and Death of the First Martyr

Stephen was one of the seven men the Apostles selected to care for widows through the “even distribution of food.” And he was described as: “Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people.” Acts 6:8 And because of that . . . there were some synagogue…

Jesus’ One Important Truth to Know When Life Overwhelms You
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Jesus’ One Important Truth to Know When Life Overwhelms You

It’s been an overwhelming year, hasn’t it? Even if you have only dealt with government health restrictions and regulations . . . it’s been a challenging season. Almost everyone I know is dealing with additional pain and problems that have left them feeling drained and discouraged. In addition, the constant messages of gloom and doom…

3 Important Things to Do to Build a Strong Foundation
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3 Important Things to Do to Build a Strong Foundation

Buildings need a strong foundation to protect them from the stormy forces of nature and therefore protect those within. If you and I want to personally withstand the storms of life we need a strong spiritual foundation. Knowing both those things to be true, why would anyone neglect foundation building either structurally or personally? I…