James D. Acree , pastor and author, shared this shocking true story regarding the object  of our faith. In April 1988 the evening news reported on a photographer who was a skydiver. He had jumped from a plane along with numerous other skydivers and filmed the group as they fell and opened their parachutes. On the film shown on the telecast, as the final skydiver opened his chute, the picture went berserk. The announcer reported that the cameraman had fallen to his death, havi

Craig Brian Larson , pastor and author, shared this fascinating true story about the necessity of resistance . On December 29, 1987, a Soviet cosmonaut returned to the earth after 326 days in orbit. He was in good health, which hasn’t always been the case in those record-breaking voyages. Five years earlier, touching down after 211 days in space, two cosmonauts suffered from dizziness, high pulse rates, and heart palpitations. They couldn’t walk for a week, and after 30 days,

Carol Kuykendall  was on the staff of MOPS International  (a global ministry to mothers of preschoolers) for 15 years – writing, speaking and equipping mom leaders all over the world. She shared this inspiring devotion for the New Year entitled, “Encouragement for the New Year: Leave your worries and fears in God’s loving and capable hands”  at Guideposts.org . “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.”

Here is one more inspiring selection from the 2025 Christmas devotion from Dallas Theological Seminary . DECEMBER 25 For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. — Isaiah 9:6 nlt — Jesus, the Greatest Gift of All Christ’s birth dawns as the glorious fulfillment of Isaiah’s ancient prophecy. Centuries before this special event, Isaiah decl