by Kevin Burton In certain animated cartoons you have seen, someone waves his arms, pronounces “presto change-o” and this becomes that. The old thing becomes a different thing. Is it that way for a believer, becoming a new creation is Christ: Yes and no. Faith in and surrender to Jesus Christ, converts …
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Feeding Body, Mind And Spirit On The Road
by Kevin Burton Got an unexpected comfort on the road last week that filled the stomach and the heart. There isn’t much I don’t like about being on the road. I can see why so many people have written so many love songs to the road and the road life. I’ve spent …
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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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Pregnant Mother Saves Four Drowning Kids
by Kevin Burton Two more stories today from the Good News Network. God bless that website for reminding us that not every news story has to end in a shootout or a lawsuit. In the first story a pregnant mother takes action to save four children: A pregnant mom is being hailed …
Latter-Day David Saves Sister With Slingshot
by Kevin Burton So now you know two stories involving a slingshot. And two extraordinary stories they are. Thirteen-year-old Owen Burns heard his sister screaming earlier this month, then looked out a window to see someone trying to kidnap her. Burns grabbed what he had at hand, what he was familiar with, …
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My Prayer To God In His Good Morning
by Kevin Burton What can I say about the morning that poets through the centuries haven’t already said, much better than I can? And what could I tell you about the morning that you don’t already hold in your innermost heart? Answer to both: nothing. With our heads, we know that …
A Little Good News To Warm Your Heart
by Kevin Burton A Michigan seventh-grader steered his schoolmates and himself out of danger by taking the wheel of an out-of-control school bus. The story of Dillon Reeves’ quick thinking is one of two stories we present today from the Good News Network. There is abundant gloom and doom coming from news outlets. …
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