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Welcome to the Friday Roundup.  Today we present a short summary of each of our episodes from this week.  We hope you will be encouraged.   Have a great weekend. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Every day can be a great day.  Even if it's a day swimming with sharks.   In today's episode, we talk about how we can find joy and peace in every circumstance. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

"Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.  By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace others are just as entitled to as we are."  Dietrich Bonhoeffer,  'The Cost of Discipleship' Join us today as we share the story of The Fisherman We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

It has been called the new favorite pastime of our age.  It has been around forever, yet with today's technology and people's appetite for it, it has become so much more than it ever was before.  And therefore, much more dangerous. Originally broadcast on August 12, 2021 We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

To help you get a great start to your week, here is a new song from Jason Crabb.  'Do It For You,' was released in March of this year and is an inspiring reminder of God's great love and ability to do the miraculous.  Enjoy. Here is the Youtube link to Do It For You                                              https://youtu.be/28QgUuem9qM                                            ...

Welcome to the Friday Roundup.  Today we present a brief summary of each of our episodes from this week.  We hope they encourage you as you head into your weekend.  Have a great weekend everyone. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Arriving at the Toll Both a driver was confused by the rumbling noise. When he found out what the noise was all about, it changed his day and his life.   We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

It has been said that being a teacher today is more challenging than it has been in any of our lifetimes.  Yet there are people who are dedicated to helping children to learn the truths and gain the abilities that will benefit them throughout their lives.  Today we honor teachers, whether in public schools, Christian schools, or homeschooling.  If you are teaching children about truth, we honor yo...

We often believe that we are wise and able to make our own decisions.  At some point, we usually find out that we aren't as wise as we thought we were.  Today's episode is about our wisdom versus God's wisdom, which doesn't fail   We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Happy Easter Monday morning.  Today we celebrate with a powerful song from Kari Jobe, Forever.  You will enjoy the story behind it. Here is the youtube link to Forever.       https://youtu.be/huFra1mnIVE                            We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

The day that Jesus died on the cross was a horrible day.  Jesus was falsely accused, beaten, and scourged.  He was condemned to die based upon a lie.  He was forced to carry his cross to the hill where his hands and feet were nailed to that cross before it was hoisted upright and dropped into the ground.  There Jesus died.  It looked like all hope was lost.   But the people didn't know the re...

Today we continue our Passion Week episodes.  John 3:16 is the most well-known verse in the Bible and for a good reason.  It tells us what God had planned for us from the very beginning.  And it was a good plan. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

How an outsider made an impact on a group of young 8-year-olds at Easter.  It is a wonderful story that will encourage you today. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Mary intended her action to be one of respect and thanks.  Little did she know that it was in anointing for Jesus' death and burial.  It is a powerful and beautiful story. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Welcome to the Passion Week, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter.  This week we will be celebrating the greatest event in human history, Jesus' death, and resurrection.  We start by looking at a wonderful song of celebration, In Christ Alone.  Give it a listen, you will enjoy the story and the song. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Welcome to the Friday Roundup.  Today's episode includes a short summary of each of our episodes from this week.  We hope they will encourage you and bless you as you go into your weekend.   We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

John Newton was a slave trader before he became a minister and the author of the hymn, Amazing Grace.  But did you know that his first sojourn on a ship was because he was kidnapped?  And that he was a slave himself in Africa for three years?   The life and transformation of John Newton is an amazing and inspiring story and we share just a bit of it here for you today. We would love to hear your c...

'A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the Lord.  Proverbs 19:3 Have you ever made a decision that you later regretted?  We all have if we are honest. But it is how we respond to the bad decision that is truly the key to moving on.  Today we look at how to let go and keep moving ahead.   We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

A teacher asked her class what the seven wonders of the world were.  Most of the students identified the usual answers, The Great Wall of China, The Grand Canyon, The Pyramids, and the rest.  But there was one young lady who listed several different things as the greatest wonders in the world and eventually everyone, including the teacher, had to agree with her. Originally broadcast on March 22, 2...

Welcome to Music Monday where today we look at a song from Brandon Lake and Maverick City Music, called, Fear is Not My Home.   It is a wonderful song about making sure we understand our priorities for our lives now and in the future.  You will enjoy it. Here is the youtube link to today's song.                                    https://youtu.be/Bj_9ikvCx6o                                  ...

Welcome to the Friday Roundup.  Today we present a short summary of our episodes from this week.  We hope you are encouraged.  Have fun this weekend.  If you can, make sure you spend some time with the people you love.  We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Today we talk about a baseball game.  The game had two out and bases loaded, the batting team down by one run in the bottom of the ninth inning.  If I told you now how it ended, you wouldn't believe me.  Have a listen to this wonderful story. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

We often will take our greatest needs and requests to God, but we sometimes are reluctant to ask him about the smaller or minor things in our lives.  We believe that we are doing God a favor by not bothering him about the little things.  But God is interested in all things in our lives, the big and the small.   Today we talk about a time when a young girl experienced a wonderful God kiss moment. W...

Forgiveness can be something that we struggle with. There can be many reasons that we think justify our choice to hold a grudge or continue to blame someone who has hurt us.  Today we share a true story from a horrible incident back in 2006 and how a group of people chose to respond and forgive when many of us probably could not. Warning :    Today's episode briefly shares the true story of a...

Today we look at the song, If the Lord Builds the House, by Hope Darst.  The song presents a powerful and fun reminder of the importance of making sure that God is the foundation and we talk about how we can build that foundation with God's help.  We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show