Author: Gene Stockton (Gene Stockton)

I Surrender All Judson Van DeVenter was born in 1855 on a farm in Michigan. After graduating from Hillsdale College, he became an art teacher and supervisor in the Sharon, Pennsylvania public schools. Van DeVenter was also actively involved in evangelistic meetings in his Methodist Episcopal Church. In fact, as his friends recognized his talent, they urged him...

Matching A good while back I was playing concentration with a grandson who was 3 years old at the time. In case you’re not familiar with the game, it is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up each turn. If you...

Ready or not here He will come As children we played hide and seek for hours with our neighborhood friends. If you’ve ever played this game, you already know this but one person would count and everyone else hides. When the person got done counting, as he prepared to look for and tag the people in...

The Altars of False Gods Do you bow at the altars of false gods? You may be thinking, before I answer, who or what are these false gods? Well, let’s start with the Bible. There are approximately 50 false gods mentioned in the Bible. You may be familiar with the names of some of them...

  Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Before we get started, let’s get on the same page. In case you’re wondering, I’m not interested in replaying the Snow White movie for you or exalting the so-called magic mirror on the wall. However, I am concerned about what we are beholding. Why? When we truly behold the...