by Kevin Burton Live long enough and you’re going to see some things. Changes, technology, innovations. Mores and standards gone by the wayside. It can be dizzying. Isn’t it comforting to know, as a Christian, that the same God who reigned in Moses’s day, and that of King David and of the …
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Your Final Triumph Is Sure As Present Trials
by Kevin Burton If you have no trials, no hard times today, enjoy it in the moment, and more power to you! But they are coming, book it. Country singer Lynn Anderson said it this way: “I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden!” Now Anderson wasn’t necessarily a …
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Meaning Of “Fearfully And Wonderfully Made”
by Kevin Burton Not sure when I first heard the Biblical phrase “fearfully and wonderfully made,” though it has stuck with me ever since. Now as I belatedly consider the phrase closely, it seems a little odd at first. That which is fearful is not wonderful, is it? Well let’s back …
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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 …
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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Watch Your Step, You Dancing Christians
by Kevin Burton There has been some shuffling and backpeddling, some twisting, prancing and jiving over the years about Christians and dancing. You could maybe add waltzing and tap dancing. Just so you know, I hate dancing, at least formal dancing. So to those who want to condemn it outright, I may …
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 …
Here Is What You’re Worth In God’s Eyes
by Kevin Burton Did you ever feel unworthy? Ever feel like a failure? A disappointment to yourself and to God? When life wrestles you down and those kinds of feelings come, it’s helpful to know what God thinks of you and how He answers a question posed by King David of Israel. …
Ravi Zacharias: Another Hero Exposed
by Kevin Burton Here’s one blog post I never wanted to write. Even now, I can’t believe I’m having to write it. But I feel like I should. Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias died in May 2020. Since then leaders of his Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) have been forced to admit that …
What Does It Mean To “Bless The Lord”?
by Kevin Burton Our family Bible study took us through Psalm 103 recently, where we encountered no fewer than five admonitions to “bless the Lord.” I had read this before, but this time it stopped me short. This blessing business is supposed to go the other way, God blessing us. When God blesses …
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