Category: Ponder
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I peeked behind the curtain, what did I see?
Story by Randy Grathen. Bilderbergers, Illuminati, FEMA Camps. Race-baiting, Illegal Immigration, NSA, FBI, CIA. Global Warming, Climate Change, gas prices, N1H1 flu, Ebola. Homeland Security, Benghazi, riots, IRS, GMOs, suicide bombings. Sharia Law, and the welfare state. White Privilege, Agenda 21, Common Core, child sex trafficking, Income inequity. Covid epidemic, WOKE-ism, World Economic Forum, Democratic… Read more
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When I Die.
Story by Scotty Gray. I was just thinking about when I die. I’d like to do my own eulogy – in a video. I think it might freak people out to see a dead person speaking to them, but this would give me the greatest opportunity to share God’s truth at a time when I… Read more
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Packer Football & Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Story by Randy Grathen. When God Takes Something Away – don’t go looking for it. Has God ever taken something away from you? Something you asked Him to take away? Did you ever take it back? I did. I grew up in Green Bay Wisconsin just six blocks from the Packer Stadium. Two of my… Read more
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Looking for love…
In all the wrong places – By Dawn Dieckmann. Editors Note: The bible tells us when we are saved, we become a new creation in Christ. The new has come the old has died. If I met Dawn on the street today, I would only know her as she is now. We all have a… Read more
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My Heart Transplant.
Story by Randy Grathen. I was reading my bible one morning and came across this verse, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2nd Corinthians 5:17. When we are saved, we are remade, completely new. Like a newborn baby, we must… Read more
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Nice talk.
Story by Scotty Gray. I was just thinking… …about what we say and what they see. Previously, I spoke about how great we Christians are at justifying (or self-justifying) our thoughts and actions. Way too often we hear something that we like, which will take the responsibility off of our shoulders in regards to living… Read more
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Radically saved by Jesus.
Story by Koryssa McCarty. Less than three years ago I was consumed in the New Age movement. Not only that, I was also participating in rituals and spell work. I was deeply consumed in crystals and crystal healing. Back in 2013 I had started taking classes to become a certified crystal therapist. Involved with that… Read more
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“Those precious to God become important to Satan.”
From the book: Same Kind of Different as Me. Story by Randy Grathen. “Yea though I walk through the valley.” Learning to trust God. Really trusting Him, only happens when we find He is the one thing left in our life that is unmoving, and unchangeable. He becomes our rock and our anchor during the… Read more
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Is It Ok For Christians To Play The Lottery?
If you would like to hear the story click on the green Listen bar above. Story by Randy Grathen. My wife Laurie wrote a blog post recently about her and a friend musing over all the things they could do if they won the lottery. You can read her story here. One recent Mega-something lottery… Read more
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Sodom and Gomorrah on the Water.
For decades one of the most popular places to go by boat at the Lake of the Ozarks Missouri was a place called Party Cove, more commonly referred to as “Sodom and Gomorrah on the Water.” College students and families descended on the lake area in record numbers every summer, especially on weekends. It was… Read more