What is the Seal of God?
What is the Seal of God?
Jonathon Cherne · Jul 12 7 minute read

As an attorney, I often have to use documents that contain a seal, such as a notary seal or the seal of the court. Seals are placed on legal documents to demonstrate the document is genuine. If a document does not contain a seal, the clerk will...

Disciple Others to Jesus
Disciple Others to Jesus
Don MacLafferty · Jun 26 5 minute read

“Do you love me?” That’s the question Jesus asked Peter when giving him his commission as a disciple-maker for the heavenly Kingdom. The foundation of being a true disciple-maker for Jesus is...

Knowing God
Knowing God
Time to Get Ready Team · Jun 12 1 minute read

Have you ever wondered, "Do I really know God?" You might say to yourself, "Of course, I know God. I read my Bible, go to church, and pray daily." We need to do more than...

Blessed is the Man
Blessed is the Man
Andrew M. Castelbuono · Jun 7 1 minute read

Do you want to be blessed? Quickly discover how much is packed into...

Fruit of the Spirit or Works of the Flesh
Fruit of the Spirit or Works of the Flesh
Helmut Haubeil · Jun 5 7 minute read

Some years ago a Boeing 707 took off from the Tokyo airport headed for London. It had a great take off. There was a clear, sunny sky. Soon the passengers could see the famous Mount Fuji in Japan. All of a sudden the pilot...

Are You Sleeping?
Are You Sleeping?
Lisa Lothian · May 17 5 minute read

But interestingly enough, the Bible has much to say about sleep and our need to...

Love Your Family Sacrificially
Love Your Family Sacrificially
Don MacLafferty · May 3 12 minute read

I was gathering my papers and briefcase so that I could run out the door to an important meeting to plan the building of a larger church. I was in a rush. My children, Jason and Julie, were 6 and 3 years old. They heard me getting ready to leave. They ran up to me, questioning, “Where are you going, Daddy?” “I am going to a meeting,” I replied factually. I had to gently pry their arms off my neck so I could go. They started...

Faithfulness
Faithfulness
Time to Get Ready Team · Apr 23 1 minute read

We are flooded by daily media advertisements that scream for our attention, trying to get us to make decisions based on what we see and how we feel. How do you respond to these daily bombardments? Are you driven to make decisions by what you see and...

Michael’s War
Michael’s War
Eriston Eloi · Apr 19 4 minute read

The book of Revelation and its symbols, stories, and themes are the subject of many modern books, movies, and art. In the United States and worldwide, people have a general sense that we are living out the scenes written in the pages of Revelation. One survey reports that 41% of all U.S. adults, 54% of Protestants, and 77% of Evangelicals believe the world is now in the biblical end times. It makes sense, then, that interest in...

Faith Releases the Power of God
Faith Releases the Power of God
Lisa Lothian · Apr 17 4 minute read

As I enter the sixth decade of my life, I think that faith—true faith in God—is starting to set in for me. Finally, I, like many of you, have seen so much—so much sorrow, so much pain, so many...

Go Forward
Go Forward
Debi Tesser · Apr 12 4 minute read

Anita was returning to her much beloved Kenya in March 2023, twenty years after her first mission trip to the bitter...

Mustard Seed Faith
Mustard Seed Faith
Ruth Stewart · Mar 29 7 minute read

How many times have you beaten yourself up because you didn’t have perfect faith? How often have well-meaning friends or church members insinuated that your prayers will only be answered if you do not doubt? That night, God told me otherwise. For the first time in my life, I realized that I did not need to have faith big enough to move the mountain. I only needed to...