by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) Spent this week thinking on fervent, earnest, effectual, prevailing, passionate prayer. It has taken God forty-some years, three godly women who are now with Him, and adversities without number to develop in …
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God’s Grace Toward Us Is Truly Amazing
by Kevin Burton My mom hates the expression “wrap my mind around” usually expressed in the negative as “I can’t wrap my mind around” this or that. I’m going to invoke it here though, because I can’t wrap my mind around God’s amazing grace. Before I go there, I need to back …
Mom’s Birthday ‘Celebration’ In The Hospital
by Kevin Burton My mother spent her 89th birthday last month in a hospital ER room. Yeah, she really knows how to celebrate. I had a post about her 89th birthday 89 percent finished. That was about a month ago. Had to scrap it. On her birthday she fell. It was her …
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Five Lessons On How To Read The Bible
by Kevin Burton It was refreshing and helpful to receive in the mail recently, the booklet “What Every Christian Needs To Know About Reading The Bible” from Our Daily Bread Ministries. There is no other book like the Bible. It can certainly be confusing and intimidating to read. Author Kevin J. Vanhoozer has given …
Are You Hungry For Spiritual Things?
by Kevin Burton One of the top motivational tools of weight loss is the before and after picture. You’ve seen plenty of those I’m sure. Those pictures, which are worth a thousand words, say, “You can do it!” Now this is ridiculous, but what if we could show a picture of your …
Just Say “No” To The Fourth Crockpot
by Kevin Burton You’ve been there I’m sure, where I was Sunday. I called it “crawl out of it” day. Perhaps you can think of a better term. The idea is part getting back into a normal routine and part creating a better routine. I felt as if I hadn’t quite recovered …
How To Read And Understand The Bible
by Kevin Burton What’s the Bible all about anyway? What am I supposed to make of all this? How do I read it? What a foundational, fundamental question. It’s a wonder more people don’t talk about this. Humanly speaking, the Bible is 66 books written by approximately 40 men over a period of …
Rely On God Only, Not On Self, For Salvation
by Kevin Burton There used to be a Cap’n Crunch commercial where at the end, the announcer declared the ultra-sugary cereal to be “part of a complete breakfast.” Remember that one? It showed a bowl of the cereal on a kitchen table with, I believe, eggs, toast, butter and jelly, bacon and …
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Patiently, Steadily, Gleaning From God’s Word
by Kevin Burton Today we present what for me is a new thought concerning the Old Testament book of Ruth. This comes from Alistair Begg, speaker on the national Truth For Life radio ministry and deals with patience and consistency in learning God’s ways from God’s word. Ruth is a Moabite woman …
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Living On Scrapper Time In 2023
by Kevin Burton Got a call I really, really needed May. 20. It got my juices flowing again. Which juices? My beep baseball and competition juices. Yes, let this serve as the official announcement: I have unretired from the sport of beep baseball again, this time to play for the Cleveland Scrappers. …
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