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Journey with Hope
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Christ our hope in life and death!
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The Fragrance of Christ: A Pleasing Aroma to God
The Power of Smell and Memory in Scripture The smell of sweet honeysuckle in the spring is like no other. As a child we touched its...
Carol Plafcan
Mar 116 min read


Choosing God's Approval Over the Praise of Men
Do you want to eat? Do you want your children to eat? What if you had to make a choice: feed your children or starve? Do we truly...
Carol Plafcan
Jan 106 min read


Faith as a Trumpet Call: Lessons from Thessalonica
Does your faith ring forth in the community where you live? Does it resound? Is it a trumpet call for God? When Paul writes to the...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 22, 20244 min read


Lessons from 1 Peter: Encouragement for Christians in Exile
Growing up in the rural south, Christianity was very much the dominant culture. Instead of feeling outcast or unusual, instead of being...
Carol Plafcan
Oct 1, 20247 min read


Witnessing to Unbelievers-Acts 17
How do we witness to non-believers? Paul gives us some guidelines in Acts 17 when he preaches in Athens. At the time Paul arrived in...
Carol Plafcan
Aug 16, 20247 min read


Rivers of Living Water
When I was a child we sang an old hymn called, "Make Me a Channel of Blessing". Part of the song goes like this, Is your life a channel...
Carol Plafcan
Jul 19, 20244 min read


Who Are The Chosen?
Who are God's chosen? Those who believe in Him are His chosen ones. According to I Timothy 2:4-6 God wants everyone to be saved because...
Carol Plafcan
Apr 26, 20244 min read


Be Ready to Give a Defense
Faith and Hope Faith and hope surrounded by love are the great foundations of Christianity. We have faith; therefore we hope. But what...
Carol Plafcan
Feb 13, 20244 min read


A Light to the Nations
In the beginning, on the very first day, God created the light and called it good (Genesis 1). It wasn't until the fourth day that God...
Carol Plafcan
Dec 12, 20233 min read


You Are God's Field
I live in a farming community and my husband is a farmer. He has a particular way that he likes to see a field worked, particular...
Carol Plafcan
Oct 27, 20233 min read


Ambassadors for Christ
In 2 Corinthians 5: 20, Paul tells us that we are ambassadors for Christ. What does an ambassador actually do in our world today? Their...
Carol Plafcan
Oct 17, 20233 min read


Make Known His Deeds
In Mark chapter 5 we read the story of a demon possessed man from the country of the Gadarenes. This man lived in the cemetery, seemed...
Carol Plafcan
Aug 5, 20234 min read


Full of Faith and Power: the Martyrdom of Stephen
As a Christians how do you picture yourself dying? Haven't we worried about having the time to ask God one last time to forgive us. ...
Carol Plafcan
Jun 20, 20233 min read


I Will Sing the Wonderous Story
~This Easter, and always, let us share our Wonderous Story of Jesus.~ What songs do you remember that you love about the resurrection of...
Carol Plafcan
Apr 8, 20232 min read


Go Boldly!
Recently, my Bible study group has talked quite a bit about boldness. We are to be humble when we approach people, no doubt, but that...
Carol Plafcan
Feb 19, 20234 min read


Standing for Truth in a World That Opposes God
The Lord asks us to stand for Him. When people stand for their convictions, they usually pay for it. Rarely do people stand up for...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 9, 20224 min read


Warriors for God
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this...
Carol Plafcan
Sep 25, 20223 min read


Only Three Stood
Many of us have grown up hearing about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the fiery furnace. This story is a favorite of Vacation...
Carol Plafcan
Aug 17, 20223 min read


If you Went to the Doctor
The necessity of witnessing to the lost.
Carol Plafcan
Jul 21, 20222 min read
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