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Jeremiah 6:16 "Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls."

The other day I begin to think of my Apostolic heritage of four generations. Among the most valuable articles that I possess in my files are two tracts that were written by my great grandfather Joseph Doran. The other night while repacking some files that had been in storage for awhile I came upon a tract he wrote called,… Continue

I was reading about Joshua the other day, what a man of fearless faith and sensitivity toward God. When a whole nation stood against him, even his mentor and hero Moses, to the point they wanted to stone him, he stood up in fearless faith and proclaimed that God was able to do that which he had promised and deliver the Promised Land into their hand. While the Israelites Chose to dwell on the flesh pots of Egypt, Joshua chose do dwell in the house of God. While the Israelites so easily forgot God… Continue

Today would have been the79th birthday of my father, Rev. David L.Doran. I am a little overwhelmed at the flood of memories that are flooding my mind right now as I sit down to write this note. Where do you start, what do you say? I guess the things that impressed me the most was his faith, and his love for people. No one that I can remember was ever turned away from his door, no matter what time of night or day, they were always welcome. But I guess his faith was what impressed me most.Shortly… Continue

Bill Bennett in his book Virtues of Leadership made a comment, he said, “ …..it's not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog.” I remember years ago, when I was in high school, watching a fight between two brothers, David and Paul Beagle. While Paul was the larger and older one, every time he would knock David down David would get back up until about the third or fourth time this happened you could see fear in the older brother's eyes. Eventually the yo… Continue

“I'll be alright as soon as I touch Calvary ….” this song has been going around in my mind today as I went about my day. The very foundations of our world is being shaken till it seems like nothing will survive. Satan's machinations against this world leaves no hope for anybody. I have only one thing to say about that , my hope is not in what I see but in what I know ;

I know that Jesus won the battle for my soul at Calvary
I know that I have the power to live above sin through the redemptive w… Continue