* Puppies, Butterflies and Our Savior
From the book “No Wonder They Call Him the Savior”, Max Lucado shared: When I was ten years old, I had a puppy named Tina. You would have loved her. She was a perfect pet. An irresistible, pug-nosed Pekingese pup. She never tired of playing and yet never...Creation
From the book “Original Grace”, Adam S. Miller shares: If God’s grace is an active and original cause—rather than a passive and belated effect—then what is grace? The morning my father died, I felt Benjamin’s nothingness. I felt it...On Dealing With Uncertainty
From Bruce C. Hafen’s book: ‘The Believing Heart’ . . . .: I have intentionally tried to suggest a wide variety of instances in which the answers we may seek are not as obvious as we might have expected. My suggestion is that some uncertainty is...* Pray as the Ancients Prayed
From Patricia T. Holland: [Prayer] ought not to seem just a convenient and contrived miracle, for if we are to search for real light and eternal certainties, we have to pray as the ancients prayed. We are. . . . not children, and are expected to pray with maturity....To Importune
On a certain day the disciples asked Jesus how to pray. He not only gave them a model prayer but also taught them through a parable to seek God—as a friend at midnight—with “importunity” (Luke 11:8). The verb importune means “to request...
Hi I’m Kent
I am married and we have 3 children and many grandchildren. Our children have chosen wisely in their careers and in marriage and I attribute much of their success, as they do, to a close relationship with Jesus Christ… Click for more.