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Name Game MINISTRY TIP

Name Game MINISTRY TIP

By Rev. Doug Forbes It’s always fun to start your youth group session with a little mixer or game. The Name Game will grab your students’ attention and get them thinking. It can be played with a...
Much of the Western Church Is Serving Another Jesus

Much of the Western Church Is Serving Another Jesus

By Bert Farias Are you serving the real Jesus or a Western version made in your own image? That’s quite a compelling question, isn’t it? It’s kind of like asking how much of Christ...
Is it Time to Let Go?

Is it Time to Let Go?

By Carol Round “A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away…” Ecclesiastes 3:6 GROVE, OK (ANS) Overwhelmed by my overstuffed closet recently, I felt the need...
I AM THE NEW YEAR

I AM THE NEW YEAR

By Pastor Barry Black Deuteronomy 11.12 “…the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.” I will help you to say...
Friends

Friends

  A newlywed young man was sitting on the porch on a hot, humid day, sipping iced tea with his father. As he talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities, and obligations, the father...
Remembering to Give Thanks

Remembering to Give Thanks

By A.W.Tozer There is probably no such thing as a wholly thankless heart. Everyone at some time feels a sense of gratitude for benefits received. This seems to be instinctive, or if not instinctive...
What’s in the Bible? VIDEO REVIEW

What’s in the Bible? VIDEO REVIEW

  By Rev. Doug Forbes Recently I watched a video from the What’s in the Bible? series with my granddaughter Hannah.  We both loved the program which made us laugh and helped us learn more about...
‘Warm little ponds’ theory doesn’t hold water

‘Warm little ponds’ theory doesn’t hold water

Flawed hypothesis attempts to explain how life began on Earth By Julie Borg   (WNS)–Evolutionary scientists at McMaster University and the Max Planck Institute in Germany recently...
Finding God in the Ordinary

Finding God in the Ordinary

  By Carol Round GROVE, OK (ANS) — “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your...
Visiting the Mission Field MINISTRY TIP

Visiting the Mission Field MINISTRY TIP

  By Rev. Doug Forbes Recently our grandsons Duncan and Evan went on a missions trip Honduras.  They were able to help others and it was a powerful educational experience.  To learn more about...