Disciples were called the name “Christian” for the first time in Antioch. In a pagan city, their life was so different as they talked about Jesus that those pagans called them the followers of the Christ. If you and a group of your friends were picked up and dropped in Beijing, is there anything about your life, your witness, your speech, your conviction,...
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General Sam Houston, one of my heroes, was commander the army of the Republic of Texas, the first elected president of the Republic of Texas, first Senator from the state of Texas, and later the sixth governor of the state. Life on the Texas frontier was rough and rugged. Men molded by the frontier knew how to fight, drink, curse, and kill. Sam Houston fit the lifesty...
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Years ago, a local newspaper carried an article entitled, “West Texas Gold Discovery Richest in Years.” It pointed out that gold flakes had been found in 18 sandy West Texas acres that its owners had previously been using to raise peanuts.
When random samples were sent to the Colorado School of Mines, assay reports concluded it was one of the...
Devotional
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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