By John Greco
When I answered the phone, I was met with sniffles and sobs. It was the sort of call I dreaded. I’m not a professional counselor and had no experience talking someone down from an emotional precipice. So, I did the only thing I could. “Sir,” I said, “how can I pray for you?”
It was several years ago and I was on staff at a well-respected international ministry that maintained a 24-hour prayer line for people in need. On that divinely-appointed Wednesday morning, the call center’s switchboard was beyond capacity, so calls were routed to anyone in the office with a phone. As an early riser, the phone on my desk had sprung to life and I found myself talking to a man in crisis.
I repeated myself, “Sir, I’d like to pray with you, if that’s okay.”
Then, he just blurted it out: “I breed dogs!” he said, and continued to cry.
Now I was out of my depth and utterly confused. “You’re a dog breeder?” I asked.
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An Introduction to the Newest Additions to Bible Gateway Plus
This month, Bible Gateway added to its resource library 2 new Study Bibles and another volume from the NIV Application Commentary series. They are:
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