Christian Living
The Rules – No Longer
By: Ashley Peterson The other day I saw my life as nothing but rules. It became overwhelming because I knew I couldn’t follow all those rules. Yes, it’s easy to comply to the vows I’ve […]
Articles by Trisha Smith
Christian Living
One Way Road
By: Cynthia Ray The world has developed into an attitude of “It’s their life, let ’em ruin it!” Even most Christians that I know don’t really care about whether or not their friends or family […]
Christian Living
Christian Living
Terrorized At School
By: Annagail Lynes I stood in line at a football game, donning my jacket to brave another right down chilly Phoenix night. My high school was about to make it into the play-offs. I could […]
Devotions
Devotion: Proverbs 2:6
Proverbs 2:6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. While we might assume wisdom is something we can obtain on our own, that is only partially true. Yes, we can […]
Christian Living
Silent Testimonies
by Trisha Bleau Smith Do you realize that you have people watching you every day and forming opinions of you? Do you know that the way you live can be a major influence on someone […]
Christian Living
Picking Up The Pieces
by Annagail Lynes “My feelings have changed,” my boyfriend of five years told me during one of our nightly seven o’clock phone calls. “I don’t think we should see each other anymore.” His words hit […]
Devotions
Devotion: Ecclesiastes 8:1
Ecclesiastes 8:1 Who is like the wise? Who knows the explanation of things? A person’s wisdom brightens their face and changes its hard appearance. A person’s face can say volumes about them as an individual. […]
Devotions
Devotion: Luke 21:15
Luke 21:15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. As believers, the one thing no one can argue with is our personal […]
Christian Living
What is so cool about cool?
What is so cool about “losing your virgininity” in your teen-age years? What if your girl/boy-friend give you his/her ‘left-over’ body to you on the wedding night? To be able to give the most precious […]
Christian Living
The Price of Freedom
By Micah Messer Several summers ago I visited Washington, D.C. The landscape consists of magnificent buildings, historic memorials, sacred halls, and impressive monuments. There are endless lines of tourists, too. Instead of waiting hours in […]
Bible Studies
The Ideal Father
by Alexander J Haynes There are many distorted views on what the ideal father is, especially here in America, and often times when you get it, you don’t usually get the “idea” from a male […]
Christian Living
Preparing for Impact
by Trisha Bleau Smith As summer draws to an end and stores begin to bring out their school supplies and back to school clothese we begint o realize that our sleeping in is soon to […]
Christian Living
Nothing or Anything
by Micah Messer Remember learning to ride your bike by yourself? You were one proud kid, but you couldn’t have done it without your parents. Remember making your first paycheck? You couldn’t have done it […]
Bible Studies
Why do Christians Fear
A Study on Fear By: Matt Dowdell Why do Christians fear? That is a question that I ask myself more than often. What do we have to fear? The answer is….NOTHING. We have nothing to […]