"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." 1 Peter 5:8The unnamed woman in Charlestown, Indiana, was sure an animal was harassing the pets in her neighborhood.She was pretty sure the harasser...
In 1992, there was a high-school teacher outside of Chicago who found an unusual way to punish students when they did something wrong. They had to stay after school for detention, but not just your normal detention. That didn't seem to have much effect. No, the guilty...
The story is told of a man who tried to steal gasoline from a motor home. Attaching a siphoning hose to the vehicle, he started to work; but police found him shortly afterward writhing in agony in the street. It seems he had attached the hose, not to the gasoline...
"The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:56-57The thieves spotted what appeared to be a really sweet deal.In front of their eyes was an unguarded 2007...
David said) “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and those whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” Romans 4:7-8The small town barber found himself facing some financial difficulties.When he was the only...
There are times when we find ourselves lost in this world, and to make matters worse, we don't seem to be able to hear God's voice. In our first devotional, we discovered that sin can separate us from our loving heavenly Father. The second devotional pointed out that...
Romans 6:22 "But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life." NIVThe other day when I was tramping through the brush to untangle one of the horses' stake lines, I found...