Posts by Dr. Alice Maria Crawford

This scripture stood out to me today: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV) If we are honest with ourselves, a lot of…

Many of us as Christians have gotten so comfortable with the good life that we have forgotten that Paul admonished us to enlist in a fight. Now while that does…

I was listening to the music of an old hymn, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. The words that resounded in my head were: Have we trials and temptations?Is…

We are continuing to look at the Beatitudes: Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:2 (KJV) To understand this, we need to define what it…

If there is one thing that just about everyone wants to ignore, including Christians, is the Biblical view of what sin is. While we may not mind looking at the…

There are things that cannot be measured, for their dimensions are immeasurable. One of those things is the love of God: 16 May He grant you out of the riches of…

The Word of God gives us so many rich words that penetrate deep within our soul. One of the more popular doxologies given in church is this: 24 Now unto him…

Today I watched the You Tube replay of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Elevation Church. While I have not been watching them for twenty years, of the years that I…

One of the core values of HeartLife Ministries is to support the nuclear family. However, we provide support for more than that demographic. We recognize that there are all types…

Sometimes we don’t have a great testimony – things have pretty much been on an even keel. Yet, if we stop and think about it, there is always one testimony…