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Good News: Bethany Christian Bible College Has NO Tuition

Everyone doesn’t appreciation the good news about Jesus Christ. Thus, security was provided for American missionaries as we ministered to worshipers in a small church with big hearts and great expectations in Mombasa, Kenya. It’s a privilege to be able to freely teach and preach the gospel in America! BCBC, with the motto: a school designed with “you” in mind, is offering a new class in the Fall 2017 quarter: Christian Marriage and the Family. […]

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August 24, 2017
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 |  Category: "F" Words for Senior Citizens, BCBC, church, divorce, encouragement, fear, good news, Jesus Christ, marriage, preaching, Relationships, War

Desire After Divorce Addresses Rebound Dating

After spending years engaged in qualitative research and writing my dissertation on divorce among Christian leaders, I finally saw the strong link between the quest for an intimate relationship between a man and a woman and Christ and his bride, the Church. Davida Kincaid Henderson, the adult child from a Dysfunctional family with a capital D, shares how church attendance and knowledge of God’s word helped her stay focused, and even redirected her when she […]

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July 20, 2017
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 |  Category: dating, divorce, domestic violence, encouragement, Healing, love, marriage, marriage, Motivation, speak up, testimony

Farewell to a Baseball Hall of Famer

Have you ever heard of the Black Crackers or the Atlanta Black Braves? The recent celebration of Life for Shepard Porter, Jr. was an event that will long be remembered. But, did you know him? Have you ever heard of this humble giant who departed this life at age 94 on Independence Day 2017?   While growing up in the south, I was familiar with several types of crackers, but today was my first time […]

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 |  Category: encouragement, History, Motivation, Tribute, veterans

Pay Attention to Your Doodling

Is there something that you absolutely must accomplish before leaving planet earth? I had a lifelong habit of doodling until a friend asked, “What are you always writing?” My strokes were always the same but I never paid attention to “what” I scribbled. The marks on the paper looked like chicken scratch. I examined them by turning the paper around and discovered “BOOK” in seven different places. After making that discovery, my doodling habit disappeared […]

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June 1, 2017
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 |  Category: divorce, encouragement, Healing, Health and wellness, History, Hope, love, marriage, military families, Motivation, speak up, spouses, veterans, Vietnam War

Pride Leads to Destruction

This morning after reading a message from U S Senator Diane Feinstein about the shenanigans occurring on Capitol Hill, I was inspired to meditate on the book of Obadiah, the shortest book in the Old Testament. Entire Democratic Caucus Urges GOP Leadership to Drop Repeal Efforts and Work in Bipartisan Way to Improve America’s Healthcare System Edom, a prideful nation that showed indifference to Israel (God’s people), received a warning that it had been condemned […]

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May 10, 2017
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 |  Category: complacency, encouragement, Healing, History, Hope, Motivation, voters

What’s Good About Good Friday?

Every day is good because it is a precious gift from God. But Good Friday is good because Jesus the Christ, the Son of the only true and living God, willingly gave his life for everybody’s past, present and future sins. He died like a slaughtered lamb knowing that 3 days later he would rise again.   Since the Jewish day begins at sundown, any part of a day is counted as one day. So […]

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April 14, 2017
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 |  Category: encouragement, History, Hope, love