Posts by StevieRay Hansen
Locked Up: How the Modern Prison-Industrial Complex Puts so Many Americans in Jail
The Birth Pains Are Growing Stronger, God Hates Injustice… The God who loves what is good must not love what is evil. He must not even be ambivalent toward what is evil, what is harmful, what is destructive. He must hate it. The God of the Bible reveals himself as a God of love… According to Gregg…
Read MoreShould Christians Fight Evil? Engaging in War is not Always Sinful
Ecclesiastes 3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. The attacks of September 11 and the resulting war against terrorism have brought to the front once again the question of the Christian view of war. The question is particularly complex… StevieRay Hansen MY MISSION IS…
Read MoreNot In GOD’s Plan
StevieRay Hansen MY MISSION IS NOT TO CONVINCE YOU, ONLY TO INFORM YOU… Evil men don’t understand the importance of justice, but those who follow the Lord are much concerned about it. ~ Proverbs 28:5 Jesus come quick, there is nothing left in society that’s sacred…. It is impossible to find anyone in the Bible…
Read MoreLife doesn’t get easier you just get stronger!
SII CORINTHIANS 4:8-11 (PARAPHRASED)8. We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9. persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed– 10. always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our…
Read MoreYour Journey
A brisk wind pushed me down the slope as I walked around the Lazy H and inspected the changes that would transform a church camp into a home for young adults. If felt good to be doing something to help kids without a family support system. I sat on a boulder overlooking a creek and…
Read MoreGiving Back
“I want to start an orphanage,” I told Laura over dinner one evening. “Not necessarily an orphanage, but something like that.”“That’s real hard, Honey,” Laura replied. “Let’s just give to them.”That didn’t seem like enough to me. I couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened to me without Buck and the other cowboys who…
Read MoreA New Ending
My cell phone vibrated against the boardroom table for the tenth time in an hour. I apologized and excused myself from the room. I was out of state in a business meeting while one of my employees was back home handling a $20 million deal. He was scared out of his mind that he would…
Read MoreThe Past Comes Calling
I stood in the pasture with my heifers one morning when my cell phone rang. Looking at caller identification, I answered with caution. The call was from my parents’ phone. Since Dad had never called me, I assumed it was Mom. Somehow I always held out the hope that they would say, “Son, you’ve made…
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