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This new ministry tackles one of the hidden epidemics facing our society, emancipated youth.“Emancipated youth are children who grew up in the foster system, many going through 20-30 different homes in their short childhood. These youth, now at 17 or 18, are put out on the street to fend for themselves.

These kids…

(« Source de la Moselle à Bussang » by Didier Misson)

« The Dam » is a 22-minute long suite in 8 movements that uses the metaphor of water flowing from source to ocean to illustrate the process that we affectionately refer to as…

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PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE, AND LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF WHAT OUR FIGHTING MEN ARE DOING, WHILE WE ARE OVER HERE, HATING, TRYING TO OUTDO OR HURT SOMEONE, THEY ARE SAVING LIVES WE TAKE OUR FREEDOM FOR GRANTED, AND JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION THAN OURS OUR FIRST REACTION IS TO HURT THEM…

(« Tobyo » from the Bakemono-Dukushi - Unknown Artist)…

Hear some of Crossover Family members share their incredible stories of transformation and how God helped them through rough…

The sixteenth chapter of « 2206 : Window Onto A New World » features the scientific facilities of Veshtar, and revolves around Bernard Sturn.

At the end of an all-nighter, weary of responding to video emails, the famous space engineer takes a break to rest his eyes, and…

« Reinfused » is basically a rehash of outtakes and already presented material. This comparatively short instrumental piece with an emphasis on shifting time and forward movement is intended to suggest a surge of energy that allows the removal of obstacles which prevent progress, and thus permits a successful completion.

Here is the related poetry :

Tell me…

This Sunday we'll be examining how God comes through to deliver and

rescue his children in their times of…

Ps.80:1 ' [[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.]] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.

:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.

:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

:4 O LORD God of…

Ps.80:1 ' [[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.]] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.

:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.

:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

:4 O LORD God of…

(« The Winged Man » by Odilon Redon)

« The Winged Life » takes its name from William Blake's poem « Eternity » :

He who binds himself to a joy

Does the winged life…

Heaven’s Grocery Store

I was walking down life’s highway a long time ago,

one day I saw a sign that read, “HEAVEN’S GROCERY STORE”.

As I got a little closer the door came open wide,

and when I came to myself I was standing inside.

I saw a host of Angels, they were standing everywhere,

one handed me a blanket and said, “My child, shop with care,

everything a Christian needs is in that grocery store,

and all you can’t carry, come back the next day for…

This week's instalment of the Threshold Bookcast takes place in Hasania, the so-called artificial state governed by Omar Malaki.

As the chapter begins, we find Richard Ramsay, the legendary Conservative leader, entertaining himself around the estate of his wealthy hosts, while he waits to…

C. H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening: Daily Readins

:Morning

"Get thee up into the high mountain." --Isaiah 40:9 Our knowledge of Christ is somewhat like climbing one of our Welsh mountains. When you are at the base you see but little: the mountain itself appears to be but one-half as high as it really is. Confined in a little valley, you discover scarcely anything but the rippling brooks as they descend into the stream at the foot of the mountain. Climb the first rising knoll,…

Day By Day By Grace - Bob Hoekstra

Promises Based on the Will of God

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that."

Day By Day By Grace - Bob Hoekstra

Promises to God Based on Promises from God

He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." So we may boldly say: "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" (Hebrews 13:5-6)

Another acceptable category of promises to God involves those based on His promises to us. God has already promised to be with us every step of our pilgrimage here on earth. "I will never leave you nor forsake you." Consequently,…

Day By Day By Grace - Bob Hoekstra

Permissible Promises Made to God

I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. (Psalm 18:1-3)

The scriptures are quite clear. The work of God in our lives depends upon His promises to us, not our…

Day By Day By Grace - Bob Hoekstra

The Inability of God to Lie

Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us . . . In hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (Hebrews 6:17-18; Titus…

Day By Day By Grace - Bob Hoekstra

Man's Promises or God's Promises

Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him. Then all the people answered together and said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do." (Exodus 19:7-8)

The promises of the old covenant of law depend upon the performance of man. "You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them"…

Day By Day By Grace - Bob Hoekstra

Better Promises under Grace

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. (Hebrews 8:6)

In every way, the new covenant of grace is a better covenant than the old covenant of law. "But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant." Some of the better aspects of living under grace…