by Kevin Burton What a shame that we as Christians would need such a reminder, but at times we all do. We all want to spend time with those we love, and God is no different. In today’s message, Dr. Charles Stanley, founder of In Touch Ministries, will use the word meditation. That’s …
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Only A Life Walking With God Can Satisfy
by Kevin Burton There is a God-shaped vacuum inside each person’s heart, said the French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and writer. Blaise Pascal. Try to fill that vacuum with something, anything other than God, and life will suck. If that seems false to you in the moment, it will prove true in the …
Five Reasons To Read The Old Testament
by: Gary L. Ivey Christianityculture.com Christians usually spend most of their Bible study time in the New Testament. That makes sense, because Christians are focused on Christ, and The New Testament is where we learn about Christ and his ministry in the Gospels, then the growth and development of Jesus Christ’s Church. Not only …
Let Your Life Story End With Rescue By Christ
by Kevin Burton What if God made baseball cards for us, but they weren’t about baseball? What if they were about our walk as a Christian? Christian cards? If you wanted to capture my childhood in a handful of images, one image would surely be of baseball cards. I still have all …
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God’s Rainbow Is A Solid Promise To Man
by Kevin Burton There is more to a rainbow than meets the eye. And there is plenty that meets the eye! Who among us, having seen the beauty of a rainbow in the sky, doesn’t call loved ones who are near to say “look, a rainbow!”? Yesterday we learned about the …
How To Help Others Through Life’s Burdens
by Dr. Charles Stanley It’s hard to watch someone you care about struggle against a heavy load, particularly when you’re not sure how to help. Maybe it’s a friend suffering from a chronic illness, a coworker in a painful family situation, or someone at church quietly struggling with loneliness—these trying circumstances can grieve …
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Twice Born, One Woman, Thank You Mom
by Kevin Burton Fellow Christians, you’ve heard some stupid things no doubt, as you have tried to witness to unbelievers. Try this one on for size. Once while I was working as an English teacher in Mexico, I tried to witness to a supervisor. We were off the job, a few of us …
Reading To Mom From “The Blue Book”
by Kevin Burton We called it the Blue Book, and it was/is a gift from God, via Grand Rapids. There was a season, still very fresh in memory, when my mother, having slowly lost most of her abilities, was bedridden, periodically quite discouraged, badly in need of comfort. Toward the end of …
Open The Door To Jesus, It Opens From Within
by Kevin Burton Jesus is the all-powerful Son of God. There is no door in Heaven or on earth that he can not open. In fact, shortly after His resurrection, Jesus passed through a locked door to join a meeting of His disciples. You can read about that in John 20:19. (That’s a …
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Note To Self: Make It Happen Already
by Kevin Burton Sometime in the 90s when I worked at a photo lab, a co-worker asked me a question;. “If you could do anything you wanted to do, what would it be?” My answerer was something about spreading the gospel. “What’s stopping you?” He asked. His point was nothing …
