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05/30/2022

05/29/2022

After a slight printer delay, the Spring Edition of The Believer's Byline newspaper has arrived! It will be available in hardcopy in Jupiter, Florida this week, and my friends around the world can read it using the link below. This edition is a special Scripture Spotlight focusing on redemption and the character of God. Also check out page 8 for a special sneak peek of the Summer Edition. The Believer's Byline is going international with a trip to Arequipa, Peru. I can't wait to share those stories with you and would love to have your support!

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In this issue we discuss and explore the topics of redemption and the character of God. May these articles be a blessing and encouragement to you.

04/22/2022

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – April 3, 33 AD* – “Son of God Dies…Rises Again!” is a headline worthy of the front page of every edition of every newspaper for all time. Each spring, Christians around the world celebrate this the most profound event in human history. For true believers, it is a safe a...

12/20/2021

Busy airports are a hallmark of the Thanksgiving holiday. As countless strangers brush past each other, it is easy for one face to blend into another and for each story and each destination to become little more than a footnote in your own travel plans. Were you to sit down with any of these travele...

11/21/2021

Several years ago, I had the pleasure of serving alongside Mrs. Carrie Fors in Children’s Ministry at Grace Immanuel Bible Church of Jupiter, Florida. It was probably only the first day of knowing her when I learned that she and her husband, Jesse, have a huge heart for the ministry of adoption. I...

09/26/2021

A special treat from the Thrive Christian Press blog - The Believer's Byline.

Adoption is one of God’s greatest gifts. Without it, none of us would ever see the Kingdom of Heaven. We are told in Scripture, “In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wh...

10/02/2016

"Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" Romans 8:37-39

09/27/2016

Staranana - Chapters 1-25

Will the Moonbeams finally escape from Cosmic Bubble Palace? Find out in this week's Tidbit Tuesday.

09/25/2016

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:

“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter” Romans 8:31-36

09/20/2016

Staranana - Chapters 1-24

It's Tidbit Tuesday!

09/18/2016

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified" Romans 8:28-30.

09/13/2016

Staranana - Chapters 1-23

Here's more Staranana! It's Tidbit Tuesday!

09/11/2016

"Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God" Romans 8:26-27.

09/06/2016

Staranana - Chapters 1-22

Ready for more free adventure? It's Tidbit Tuesday!

09/04/2016

"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bo***ge of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance" Romans 8:18-25

08/30/2016

Staranana - Chapters 1-21

It's Tidbit Tuesday! We've made it to Chapter 21 of 38 of our Staranana adventure. If you don't like waiting week to week for the latest chapter, remember you can always order the complete novel from your favorite online booksellers.

08/28/2016

"Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bo***ge again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together" Romans 8:12-17

08/23/2016

What does the icy planet of Staranana have in store this week? Find out in this week's Tidbit Tuesday!

http://www.thrivechristianpress.com/files/Staranana_-_Chapter_1-20.pdf

08/21/2016

"But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you" Romans 8:9-11

08/16/2016

The adventure continues! It's Tidbit Tuesday!

http://www.thrivechristianpress.com/files/Staranana_-_Chapter_1-19.pdf

08/14/2016

"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God" Romans 8:5-8

08/09/2016

Time to enjoy more Staranana! It's Tidbit Tuesday!

http://www.thrivechristianpress.com/files/Staranana_-_Chapter_1-18.pdf

08/07/2016

"There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit" Romans 8:1-4

08/02/2016

Welcome back to Tidbit Tuesday!

http://www.thrivechristianpress.com/files/Staranana_-_Chapter_1-17.pdf

07/31/2016

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8

07/26/2016

It's Tidbit Tuesday!

http://www.thrivechristianpress.com/files/Staranana_-_Chapter_1-16.pdf

07/20/2016

Staranana - Chapter 1-15

It's Tidbit Tuesday!

07/20/2016

Staranana - Chapter 1-14

It's Tidbit Tuesday!

07/13/2016

Chronicles of the Imagination: Staranana - Chapter 1-13

It's Tidbit Tuesday!

07/06/2016

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Tidbit Tuesday returns with Chapter 1-12 of Chronicles of the Imagination: Staranana.

07/03/2016

It has been a while, but Thrive Christian Press is back with Scripture Sunday:

Matthew 1 - English Standard Version (ESV)

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,[a] 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,[b] 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,[c] and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,[d] and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ[e] took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed[f] to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

06/29/2016

Thrive Christian Press

10/16/2015

Chronicles of the Imagination: Lizard Face

Get hooked on a Nook Book! This week's Friday Feature is the Nook edition of Staranana's sequel - Chronicles of the Imagination: Lizard Face!

Available in: NOOK Book (eBook). Kidnapped! Only days before the first Christmas on Staranana ever, the unthinkable happens; a centuries old enemy returns.

10/15/2015

Here's this week's Thought for Thursday...

Jesus said we should love our enemies and do good to them, but how often do we actually obey that command?

10/14/2015

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Chronicles of Narnia

It's Wild Card Wednesday! Thrive Christian Press loves great books, even if we aren't the ones publishing them. So each Wednesday we'll recommend a great one for you to enjoy. This week we recommend a book that inspired author David Scott Fields II to become a writer - C.S. Lewis's classic The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a full-color ebook device, and in rich black and white on all other devices. Narnia . . . a land frozen in eternal winter . . . a country waiting to be set freeFour adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a ...

10/13/2015

Staranana - Chapter 6 to 10 | Thrive Christian Press - Tidbit Tuesday

It's Tidbit Tuesday. Enjoy Staranana Chapter 6-10! http://thrivetidbittuesday.blogspot.com/2015/10/staranana-chapter-6-to-10.html

10/12/2015

Jerry & Sherry Daniels

It's Missions Monday! Join us this week in praying for Jerry and Sherry Daniels - church planters in Kenya. Visit www.jerrydaniels.org to learn more about their ministry.