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Hypocrites explained by Tony Evans

Dakota Nelson lost his wife in September, 2018 when she suffered a medical episode and then passed away after weeks in a coma. To support his three children, Nelson worked three jobs. As they faced their first Christmas without their wife and mother, an anonymous donor who head about the family’s plight…

Hannah Oliver-Willetts of the United Kingdom was working tirelessly to raise funds in support of her son, Zac, who is suffering from Leukemia. The special treatment, while likely to be successful, is not yet available in the UK and is therefore very expensive. The Hospital contributed by cutting the…

A mystery couple has been paying the checks for other customers at a southwestern Pennsylvania restaurant. A local television station reported the couple had been covering checks for people for several years, but their good deeds were made public recently. One woman said she was celebrating her daughter’s…

A very generous person helped almost 200 shoppers at a Pennsylvania Walmart have a brighter Christmas when they paid off all of the store’s layaway items. Store Manager Ryan Kennedy said he got a phone call from a mysterious person who offered to pay off all $46,265.59 worth of layaway items. A few days…

An anonymous couple dropped a check for $500,000 into a Salvation Army kettle as the annual collection season began. A spokesperson for the local organization, Julie Borgen said the previous record for a single donation was $25,000, and typically a kettle takes in about $30 an hour. Borgen said the bell…

Police in Germantown, Wisconsin are puzzled over who might have left a diamond ring on their Christmas tree. The tree was set up in the department’s lobby during the Christmas season, and the police had invited people to bring their children to decorate the tree and get a stuffed animal in return. They…

An unusual gift from a Boston-area widow warmed the hearts of Salvation Army staff in that city. The woman, who remained anonymous, placed a diamond ring and her wedding band in a red kettle in the Boston area, along with a note. The note said she hoped the rings would be sold and the money used to buy…

A group of firefighters in California was surprised to discover that a woman who identified herself only as “Air Force Wife,” had paid for their groceries while they responded to an emergency call. The men were standing in line at Costco when they received an emergency call and had to leave. When they…

Retailers that help customers by allowing them to extend payment on their Christmas gifts through layaway say they are seeing a growing trend of people who want to help others by paying off their layaway balances. Several major retailers say they have seen more than 1,000 instances each season totaling…

A man eating in a Boston restaurant recently overheard a mother and daughter burst into tears when they got some bad news on their phone. He decided to help by paying for their meal, and asked the waiter to bring him their check and asked him not to tell. After he combined the two bills, the waiter said,…

A K-Mart store in Maine reported that a woman who described herself as terminally ill donated around $3,000 to pay off the remaining balances on 16 layaway accounts. The woman was only in the store about 15 minutes before paying the accounts. An employee who talked with her said the woman said she wasn’t…

The names of wealthy Americans are often found on the list of generous people from around the world. Studies have also found that Americans who have money are more likely to make giving a priority than those from other nations. Despite those findings, research has shown has most people who make more…

When she turned 38 years old, Robyn Bomar decided to spend her special day doing 38 random acts of kindness for others. She put money in parking meters, rounded up shopping carts in a store parking lot, and gave balloons to children who were shopping with their parents. She had not planned to say anything…

When counting the donation in one of their red kettles, Salvation Army volunteers in upstate New York found more than the unusual spare change. Officials with the Salvation Army in Elmira, New York say they found a gold coin worth $500 wrapped in a $100 bill. The American Eagle coin and the bill had…

A Secret Santa recently visited one of America’s poorest cities passing out $100 bills stamped with the words, “Secret Santa.” The man, who insisted his identity remain a secret paid a visit to Reading, Pennsylvania, and reportedly gave away $20,000 of his own money. He said he had read Reading was designated…

What was once a classic prank has turned into a new way to share with those in need. A California based website has become what has been termed “random acts of pizza.” Ashley Qualls from Santa Clarita said she discovered the site after asked about ways to donate to people in need on a local link-sharing…

Sometimes prayer is BORING. Isn’t that scandalous to admit? I mean no disrespect to the Lord. He is not boring – not at all. But sometimes I am bored at the thought of talking to Him. Isn’t that crazy? The God of the universe (or multiverse, depending upon whose teaching you follow), the God who created…

In his autobiography, Donahue, Phil Donahue, shares an experience from Holden, West Virginia. He and a CBS television crew had gone to this Appalachian community to cover rescue attempts of thirty-eight miners. They had planned to be there one night but stayed three, eating doughnuts and drinking Red…

An article in the Denver Rocky Mountain News described various web sites to which people can submit prayers. One site,Newprayer.com, says, "Simply click on the 'Pray' button and transmit your prayer to the only known location of God." The site claims "that it can send prayers via a radio transmitter…

Can you think of the most desperate prayer you’ve ever prayed? I’m not sure when mine was, but I sure know when it should have been. It happened in Vera Cruz, Mx. Tony, Doug and I were there visiting churches and decided to take a taxi from the bus station to the hotel. I think this guy must have seen…

Which reminds me of the story I heard of this minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates.Ahead of him is a guy dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket, and jeans. Saint Peter says to this guy, "Who are you, so that I may know whether to admit you to the Kingdom of Heaven?" The…

Have you heard of “Murph”? He has cleaned Willie Mays’s spikes, ordered bats for Barry Bonds, and rubbed baseballs for Juan Marical. In the realm of sports superstars, Mike Murphy plays a small but essential role for his pro baseball team, the San Francisco Giants. Recently, he was the one who presented…

It was the Superbowl of preachers. It was a big contest, but it wasn’t fair. On one side, 400 prophets of Baal would try to persuade their god to “fire-up” the sacrifice laid out on the altar. You remember the story don’t you. They had quite a prayer meeting on the top of that mountain! They prayed long…

Culling the Army of God Purpose: To equip saints to be effective soldiers in the Lord's Army. Judges 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved…