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The Church is divided – is there hope?
I have a fellow minister friend who has an effective and growing ministry to teens and college students. One of his challenges to them is to stop yelling at each other on ... Read More »
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Choosing to love and forgive
This is not a February valentine column about a love between a man and woman. Rather, it is about a complex love between a father and son. Recently, my wife and I ... Read More »
North Korean survivor shares horrific testimony of torture
A Christian survivor of a North Korean prison camp has escaped and now describes the horrific torture she endured for her faith and how God stayed with her through the brutality. In ... Read More »
Is this the greatest hymn ever written about Jesus?
This week, in January of 1792, Edward Perronet died. His great hymn All hail the power of Jesus’ name is sung all over the English-speaking world. It is a wonderful hymn, steeped in biblical ... Read More »
My name is Megan. This is my story of finding help and hope
Being nineteen, I thought, “it wouldn’t happen to me.” Well it did. I got pregnant and became a single mother as soon as we found out. Living in my mom’s basement, I ... Read More »
Danny Gokey’s first headline tour coming to Topeka
Danny Gokey is gearing up for his first-ever headline tour with this fall’s Hope Encounter. Also featuring GRAMMY® nominee Tauren Wells and breakout artist Riley Clemmons, the tour will hit 29 markets ... Read More »
What is America’s Future?
Clay Center, Kansas – President Abraham Lincoln once said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” An ancient prayer from the ... Read More »
Even the Devil Believes in God – HOPE FOR TODAY by Clint Decker
“I believe in God.” I have heard the statement many times in my years as a minister in rural communities across the Great Plains. The regular at the local bar, the businessman, ... Read More »
‘Journey of Hope’ to Stop in Topeka July 15
TOPEKA – The Journey of Hope team will be arriving in Topeka Sunday, July 15, at the Kansas Neurological Institute (KNI) for a visit with KNI residents and Topeka residents served by ... Read More »
Is Life Worth Living? HOPE FOR TODAY by Clint Decker
Clay Center, Kansas – The fall of 1993 was one of the most difficult periods of my life. I was a sophomore at a Christian college, studying for a career in ministry. I ... Read More »
Communities in Crisis: the One solution
As the news of yet another school shooting saddens, yet doesn’t surprise us, the need to bring faith, hope, and God back into the everyday lives of our society is overwhelming. There ... Read More »
Why we desperately need Easter
On this Easter weekend, if you take a few minutes and read over any local or national news, you will find disturbing stories. Like officials in a well-known college basketball program using ... Read More »
Dramatic Truth production explores negative thoughts on the mind
What happens when a free mind encounters negative thoughts for the first time? In the new dance production The Forest Inside, a young girl opens the door of her forest to a ... Read More »
God will carry us through the hard times
What the short life, and death, of our daughter taught us about God and ourselves. Allie Rose would have been 4 this year. She would be learning her letters, colors and Sunday ... Read More »
