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If you missed our Monday on-air Bible study, we finished up chapter 3 of 1 Peter, including an important discussion of the well-know verse 15 which exhorts believers to be ready to give an answer - or a reason - for the hope that we have. Open up yo...

After covering some of today's news brought to us by the forces of darkness at the top of the second hour of On The Wall Radio, Stacy and I took some time to chat with Dr. David Johnson about his latest Web project, lessonsforus.com, that provides ex...

© 2012 - Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S. The word desperate means:   des·per·ate   [des-per-it, -prit] adjective 1. reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer. 2. having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desp...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S. I hope your day has been going well today and I hope you had a wonderful Resurrection Sunday yesterday.  Randall and I  had a very interesting weekend, and one we didn't quite expect to be spending the wa...

© by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S.   I don't know about you, but this time of the year always causes me to do some deep reflection on who Jesus is and exactly what He endured on my behalf. In fact, yesterday, April 1st, was the 30 year anniversar...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S.   Last night I was going through Netflix and spotted a television show called Celebrity Rehab.  I had heard of the program before, but had never watched it, until last night.  For some reason, I just w...

© 2012 Stacy Lynn Harp Tomorrow is Valentines Day and many people are celebrating this whole week with the focus of doing something kind and special for those they love.  One suggestion I read recently is to get some friendship Valentines and t...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp, M.S.   Recently I was thinking about a friend of mine that I attended church with over a dozen years ago.  His name was Dave and the reason I was thinking about him is because when I consider truly grateful ...

© 2012 by Stacy Lynn Harp   Welcome to Matters of Faith Monday.  Today our thought comes from Proverbs 24:1-2... If you’re like me sometimes I bet you get discouraged because you see the wicked prospering.  However, take a look at...

Last night Randall and I continued our brand new weekly bible study in the book of Hebrews.  We covered the first chapter of Hebrews and compared the scriptures that mention how God sees angels versus how God sees Jesus. Click on the player and get ...

What do circumcision and the Commander of the army of the LORD in Joshua chapter 5 have in common? Randall sees a single simple lesson from both of these things in this 3-minute devotional. Listen to internet radio with acmedia on Blog Talk Radio...

by  Stacy Lynn Harp On a recent episode of Parks & Recreation, Leslie Knope (played by Amy Poehler), the Deputy Director of the Parks & Recreation department was told that her approval ratings had dipped to a the pathetic low of only one per...

by Stacy Lynn Harp Infectious - "easily diffused or spread as from one person to another" I'd like to end this week by sharing something I hope you find, infectious. Your attitude about Jesus is infectious Your ideas about Jesus are infectious. ...

On today's Fiction Friday show our guest is author, Hal Paxton, who wrote a book called Sins of Our Fathers  and is currently working on a new book called Epigenesis, a science fiction novel dealing with cloning. We'll also discuss the breaking news...

 Steve Schaefer, author of Living in the Overlap Steve  attended Oral Roberts University where he majored in Communication Arts and minored in Theological and Historical Studies. He has also earned an M.A. from Regent University’s School of Divinity...

Leviticus chapter 26 lists for us the blessings of walking in the commandments of God and the curses of walking away from Him. Randall takes a few moments to reflect upon how these promises of pleasure and pain demonstrate the intense love of God. ...

Last night we had our first debate on our program.  We had liberal Yale scholar, Jonathan Dudley on to discuss his book Broken Words and Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt from The Pray in Jesus Name project on to debate a few of the hot points tha...

Show aired on November 25, 2011 Tonight join Randall and Stacy as they discuss homosexuality in the land. We'll be looking at the book of Judges in chapters 19-21 and also comparing it to modern day Israel and America and what the consequences of h...

In the C.S. Lewis classic, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, four children find their way into the magical land of Narnia by way of a wardrobe closet. Narnia is a land controlled by a wicked witch where “it is winter all of the time and never sp...

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6 The name of Jesus in Hebrew transliteration is Yeshua, of course. It is spelled with these letters. Yod, Shin, Vav, and Ayin. Agai...

If you’re like me, you spend a lot of your time on the Internet engaged in email and social media conversations. Back in the day when we only had email I remember when I would send out a simple little email to people at church about what was happenin...

Many years ago my mother gave me the nickname Shamu. The reason why is because I can swim very well and have been certified as a life guard. Like I said, that was many years ago. My mother was an interesting woman and she gave me this nickname at ...

If you've been watching the world of social media since last night, you have probably heard that Apple decided to pull the Exodus International "gay cure" app from their platform.  I think I've only seen about a dozen tweets about this from The Bapti...

Dear World, Okay, I know that's a broad way to start this post from today, but since this is being posted on the World Wide Web aka www - I figured I'd start it that way, after all, I have no clue who is reading this right now and I can't address yo...

This time of the year tends to bring out the best people doesn't it? No, seriously, don't you think it does - after all, it's the Christmas season - that season of Cheer - Love - Giving and Peace! Well, I suppose it depends on who you ask, but hone...

One of the hallmarks of the Christian life is a vibrant time of talking to the Lord. Lately, as the Lord has been showing me new things and convicting me of my sin, and I've had to repent and make right with Him the things I've done wrong, I have a ...

Stacy talks again to popular guest Carma Naylor, author of the books A Mormon's Unexpected Journey: Finding the Grace I Never Knew Volume 1 & 2- http://www.mormonismtograce.com Carma discusses how she came to faith in Jesus Christ, her observations a...

On the Friday, September 17th Glenn Beck program, Glenn did a show about "revolutionaries". Those he referred to as revolutionaries were Jesus, Moses, Dr. Martin Luther King and Gandhi. On yesterday's program, I played numerous clips from that show...

ACM Show Notes -Coach Daubenmire Talks About Wandering Sheep & Sissy's in the Church...

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Today I had the honor of interviewing Aviad Cohen who is formerly known as 50 Shekel, a Jewish parady rapper. After finding Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, Aviad started producing music about Jesus. We talk about how to share Yeshua with Jewish people, ...

Did you know that about 1.3 billion people live on one dollar a day? Do you think it's possible to end extreme poverty in the world today? Do you think that we can learn lessons from those who live in extreme poverty - well, in my show today, I di...

Today I interviewed the founder of JMC Ministries, Jeremy Caverley about what he is doing for the kingdom of God online with his ministry. Jeremy and his wife Miranda host a show every Tuesday night from 8-9 p.m. est at livestream.com/jmc_ministries....

On Friday's Active Christian Media show I discussed how the book of Daniel reveals to us how the government during Daniel's day, designed laws that were specifically designed to trip up Daniel spiritually, and I talk about the parallel that is happen...

“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.”- James 3:17-18 Have you eve...

My husband and I have been having a nice relaxing Labor Day today and as we were going through the news, one story that we discussed was the "bombshell" that Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter is 5 months pregnant. As a result of internet rumors tha...

This morning Pastor Jon Courson gave the message to Greg Laurie's congregation this morning. Go to www.harvest.org to hear the message. The title of his message was "So What Do We Do Now?" - This message is very encouraging and is a message that an...

This morning, as you may imagine, Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside California is remembering Christopher, the son of Pastor Greg Laurie, after the tragic and sudden death this past Thursday. The following audio is taken from the 9:45 AM se...

Last night I was up pretty late and turned on TBN because the title of this show caught my attention. The title of the show was something like The Lazarus Project, or something close to it. The purpose of the show was to share about how people who ...

A few days ago I received a review copy of The Orthodox Study Bible from Thomas Nelson Publishers, and as I have had opportunity to read through this bible and see some of what makes this bible unique, I have found a few things I have found interesti...

This morning I received this email from my friend Jerry Newcombe and he asked that I pass it on. So if you're in the area and can make it, please do. CSPAN to videotape lecture with Jerry Newcombe on May 15! Please invite all of your family and ...

Tomorrow is the National Day of Prayer and this year this day and event is not without controversy. What is the controversy about this year - whether or not Ravi Zacharias should have ended his prayer in the name of Jesus. A recent poll on The Chr...

The big news today is that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright gave a speech at the National Press Club this morning. I will have my commentary later on what he said, but in the meantime I want to point you to my friend Warren Kelly, who is a pastor himself, a...

April 16 Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1830–1869 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:18 KJV) There is no neutral ground when we face the cross: Either we...