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Real Discipleship-Up Close and Personal
By Terry Read of Crossways Ministries

The Spirit of God is moving behind prison walls today. Effective servants, dedicated to appropriating the power of God’s spirit are molding and restoring those behind prison walls to the Kingdom of ... ¤

Mending the Torn Fabric of Society
By Frank Boulet of Crossways Ministries

Over the next five years the number of people being released from prison into our communities will increase from 250,000 in 1999 to over one million in 2010. Their lives have been torn up by ... ¤

A Room for a Former Offender?
By Terry Read of Crossways Ministries

For the safety of the community and to greatly reduce repeat offenses we ought to give former offenders some positive direction getting started in the right way as they return to our communities from ... ¤

Preparing for Freedom
By Terry Read of Crossways Ministries

America has 1/20th of the world's population and nearly one-fourth of the world's prisoners. We have a growing problem. Every day men and women in prison make decisions to receive Christ. They ... ¤

Prisoner Reentry a Big Problem
By Charles Brennan

Our state spends an embarrassing and obscene amount of money filling our prison system. That number is growing rapidly. Further, nearly 90 percent of all inmates are men. Eighty six percent of all ... ¤

Nehemiah 13 Life isn't a Hollywood Ending
By Terry Read

The church is like a garden, we are like gardens, and as such we can yield wonderful fruit but we must be tended. Weeds sprout and grow in a garden untended, pests and rodents will invade the garden ... ¤

Nehemiah 12 Nehemiah Plans a Celebration
By Terry Read

Do we as Christians take enough time to celebrate? Nehemiah 12 Chapters eleven and twelve of Nehemiah have another imposing list of difficult to pronounce names. It is tempting to either skip the ... ¤

The Ministry of the Church 1st Timothy
By Terry Read

The Apostle Paul wrote three epistles, 1st & 2nd Timothy and Titus, which collectively are referred to as the “Pastoral Epistles”. This is an appropriate name for these three letters because they ... ¤

Jesus by the shore-unpacking ministry
By Terry Read

Unpacking Ministry-CHRIST BY THE SEA OF TIBERIAS John 21:1-14 The various details of chapter 21 supply an instructive lesson on ministry and service. . Here we have, in symbolic form, the ... ¤

The Excellency of Christ - 1
By Jonathan Edwards

"And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, ... ¤

Leviticus-True Worship Seeking God's Provision
By Terry Read

I. The Name of the Book - Leviticus A. Greek name meaning - “that which pertains to Levi” B. Hebrew Title - “And He called” (1:1) II. The Author of the Book – Moses A. In 36 places the book ... ¤

From Your Lips to God's Ears
By Mary Lou McNevin

From Your Lips To God’s Ears Prayer between man and God is the highest form of communication. Various Christians have expressed this thought in different ways. William Gladstone said, “Prayer is the ... ¤

"Remember Lot's wife"
By Leland Maples

"Remember Lot's wife." Luke 17:32 What a strange command for Jesus to give; especially since her name is never given to us. Why should she be remembered? What benefit would her remembrance ... ¤

Behold! The Mountain!
By Mary Lou McNevin

“And Elisha prayed, and said, ‘Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw; and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of ... ¤

Spiritual Warfare
By Mary Lou McNevin

I’m a native Texan – which I’m sure you know after hearing me speak a few words. There is one thing every Texan knows about and has a healthy respect for, and that is wind. Each year Texas has more ... ¤

Why Secularists Fear the Faith Factor
By Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship

The current brouhaha over faith-based programs perfectly illustrates the old adage about the person who wanted to have his cake and eat it, too. Liberals, it seems, like our work--so long as we leave ... ¤

You're The God Who Sees Me
By Mary Lou McNevin

When I was praying about what our next study of prayer should be, I was excited when I was led to Genesis 16 and discovered one of the first recorded prayers in the Bible is the prayer offered by a ... ¤