by Kevin Burton As a legally blind man my mind never gets too far from vision as the five sense in general. That is partly because people often assume and talk about hearing being more acute for blind people than for others. That’s not true. It’s just that blind people rely on hearing …
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Shelter Dog Adopts Assisted Living Facility
by John Carlisle Detroit Free Press BELLAIRE, Mich. − He’d had enough of being at the animal shelter, so Scout the dog climbed over one tall fence and then another, crossed a busy highway in the darkness, entered the automatic doors of a nursing home down the road, walked unnoticed into the lobby, hopped onto …
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What I Couldn’t Remember, I Now Can’t Forget
by Kevin Burton The Scrabble words deployed against you that get you beat; those are the ones you remember the best. Something kind of similar happened with my Bible memory verses recently. I’ve written previously about my memory verses, typed on paper, taped onto index cards of various colors. I am up …
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The Apostle Paul’s Four Trustworthy Sayings
by Kevin Burton In this life of deceit and disappointments, we pray for something solid we can hold on to, something that is true. We long for something we can trust. Trust according to Merriam-Webster is “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength or truth of someone or something.” On the …
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God Knew You Even Before Your Birthday
by Kevin Burton My birthday is coming up soon, maybe yours is too. I have some worries just now and it’s not shaping up as the best birthday ever. Maybe you are in the same straits. A message today then, for the both of us. The one sneaked up on me. Recently …
Good News From the Math Classroom
by Kevin Burton Today on Page 7 we do the math. I found two math-related stories on the Good News Network. The first shows that students did better in math when music is incorporated into the lessons. “A new study explored the causal role that music engagement has on student achievement in …
On Becoming A New Creation In Christ
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 …
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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