The Power For Living Program

Do you remember the old Westerns where the hero and the villain had a showdown at "High Noon"? Movie makers could have gotten the idea from the Bible, because the Apostle Peter had an Encounter at High Noon. That's this week's topic on Power For Living.

A former president once said, "It's amazing what can be accomplished when you don't care who gets the credit." That's true for many things. In this week's program, we learn what the Lord accomplished through the Apostle Peter.

Psychology Today had a 2015 article, "7 Ways 'Fearless' People Conquer Fear." The list included having respect for fear and taking action despite the fear. In this week's program, we learn how one man became fearless.

Personal hygiene companies spend millions on ads for products that are supposed to eliminate bad breath. In this week's program, we talk about a man whose breath revealed his evil intentions.

So many people are in difficult situations, and they say, "When will this ever end?" And we feel compassion for them. In this week's Power For Living, we talk about a story that is, thankfully, A Never Ending Story.

Most of us like to think of ourselves as deep thinkers. And, many of history's greatest minds were philosophers. In this week's program, we talk about two men who really went deep.

Agencies around the world use facial analysis to determine what's on people's minds. In this week's episode, we learn that the One who changed Stephen's face at the Sanhedrin can give us boldness.

When my dad was a boy, he would go to his mom (my Grandma) and say, "Mom, my arm hurts." She would reply, "Oh, it's just growing pains." The early church had growing pains too, and that's this week's topic.

The military says "Confidence is High" when intelligence revealing a threat is accurate and that impacted troops can rely on the information. In spiritual matters, Christians can have even more confidence in the power given by the Holy Spirit.

There's lots of talk about community and the role community plays in achieving great things. It was the same in the first church in Jerusalem. A cohesive community had amazing power--and amazing results.