Monthly Archives: August 2017

How Do You Know the Bible’s True?

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Kathleen

I was leading a Bible study with incarcerated teens. There was a new guy in my group—he’d just turned 14.  The others were 17.  Three years is a big difference with teenagers. The older guys in the group had already … Continue reading →

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Young Boy Wants Forgiveness

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Kathleen

Sunday at the beach we had our table set up to give out free Bibles.  A 12-year-old boy stopped to say he’d lost his cell phone—had we seen it? No, but we’d keep our eyes open. Meanwhile, I gave him … Continue reading →

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Muslim Student from Senegal

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Kathleen

We were on a crowded train in France when I found an empty seat next to a university student from Senegal. He ignored me until I said, “Bonjour!” I then offered him a “Good News” comic book in French. He … Continue reading →

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Teen Wants to Become a Father

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Kathleen

I was having Bible study with a group of incarcerated teens when one 16-year-old asked if he could speak with me privately after we finished. Later he told me he is considering getting a girl pregnant. He wanted my opinion, … Continue reading →

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Baby Steps

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Kathleen

A few years ago a schoolteacher in our fellowship retired.  He said he wanted to serve God in some way.  Could I make a suggestion? Certainly! There were many opportunities for ministering to inmates at the local jail.  Or, perhaps … Continue reading →

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Restless People

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Kathleen

 “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”       St. Augustine of Hippo, 400 AD Remember my friend Martha who was not interested in attending Bible study?  She said … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Believe in God!

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Kathleen

I invited a friend to Bible study.  She didn’t hesitate in her reply:  “I’m sorry, but I don’t believe in God. If God does exist, I don’t believe I should be accountable to Him.  If I’m wrong, then I’m willing … Continue reading →

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Pray Through My Medium

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Kathleen

A sick friend asked me to pray for her.  However,  there was a condition involved. She wanted me to pray through her therapist who was a  medium. I replied, “But I already have a medium!  Jesus Christ said, ‘I am … Continue reading →

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Cohabit or Marry?

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Kathleen

Many couples today prefer to cohabit rather than marry. Yet there are some who want to obey God and do what is right. One young man said, “If I don’t think of a girl as a girlfriend, then I’m not … Continue reading →

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