If you study those Christian giants of the Bible and history who seem to loom larger-than-life, you will find they were rather ordinary people who God used to do extraordinary things. David rose from humble shepherd to become king of Israel. Daniel, the young Hebrew captive, became an advisor to Read more…
I don’t know how young I was when I knelt beside my bed with my parents and prayed this prayer before bedtime: “Lord, would you please give me a godly wife someday.” My younger brother Hudson has been praying that same prayer since he was two. We are 8 1/2 Read more…
The Birth of a Man Child Wallace Bradford Bontrager was born at exactly 5:58am, on Monday, July 16, 2018. He weighed 8 pounds and 1 ounce, and measured 20 inches long. Wallace, my firstborn son, a chunky little fellow, was a freedom fighter from day one with the vision to Read more…
Travel to any American prison, and you will find the same heartbreaking story repeated millions of times. Most of the almost 2.3 million individuals incarcerated in prisons all across our nation are simply repeating a vicious cycle of generational neglect and tragedy. These scarred lives are casualties of the modern Read more…
Mother’s Day is fast descending upon us. This Mother’s Day, Americans will spend a whopping $23.1 billion for gifts, including flowers, cards, jewelry, and electronics. The average American will spend $180. How many of these gifts will be given in hearts of true gratitude and honor? Only God knows. Sadly, Read more…