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The Most Important Thing By Stephen Leonard Jesus’ answer to the question put to every man of what the most important thing in life was, “Love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, soul, and mind; and the second (most important thing) is like it, love your neighbor »

New Beginnings By Dr. Jeff Padgett Well, it's that time of year again, when in a fit of optimism, many of us make grand promises to ourselves about what we are going to do in the New Year that we usually abandon about the second week in January. This »

A Word To The Wise By Dr. Jeff Padgett Matthew 2:1-12, “1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod, the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, ‘Where is He who has been born King of the »

What Are Birthdays For? We celebrate Paul Anderson’s Birthday this month. He would be 90 if he had lived beyond 1994. Born in 1932, Paul developed Bright’s Disease, a severe kidney illness, at an early age in life. Doctors told his mother it was highly likely that Paul would »

Identity Theft By Dr. Jeff Padgett Satan loves to steal our identity. He knows if he can attain our identity and cause us to have a distorted view of ourselves, he has us in a weakened position. Here are some ways he attempts this and how we can be »

Overcoming Dark Valleys By Dr. Jeff Padgett Psalm 23:4, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." How do we handle the dark valleys of life? This »

We’re just a couple of weeks out from our annual Paul Anderson Bike Ride. The young men have been training in “overdrive mode” to be ready for the event. Be sure to follow along on our social media pages to keep up with the ride. We’ll head to Florida for »

The Vitality of Scripture By Kevin Williams Scripture memorization is one of the non-negotiables at Paul Anderson Youth Home. Paul and Glenda, under God’s direction and calling, believed that the key to any successful life, must include spiritual as well as physical disciplines. The impact of this portion of »

Honoring America's Heroes By James Lowe After America suffered much loss of life in WWI, WW2, Korea and Vietnam, Decoration Day had a name change. It became known as Memorial Day to honor all those who lost their lives fighting for the USA. The date also changed. Instead of »

Come Alive This Easter By Jeff Padgett, Ph.D. John 14:19, “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.” 2 Corinthians 5:15, “He died for all, that those who live should live no longer »

You Are A Light By *Garland Schaefer In scripture, Jesus tells his disciples that they are the light of the world. He teaches this to them in Matthew chapter five when He says, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; »

Empty By Jeff Padgett, Ph.D. 2 Kings 4:1-7, One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the LORD. But now a creditor has come, threatening to »