Diana C. Derringer, Author at Bible Advocate Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:14:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://baonline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/05/cropped-file-32x32.jpg Diana C. Derringer, Author at Bible Advocate 32 32 A Homecoming to Remember https://baonline.org/a-homecoming-to-remember/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:21:28 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=36203
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by Diana Derringer “Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you” (Luke 8:39). “Who lives here?” “We do,” I said. “How long have you lived here?” “We live here together. Remember, I’m your wife.” He then stared until recognition crossed his face. “When can we go home?” “We […]

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]]> Lean On Me https://baonline.org/lean-on-me/ Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:09:24 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=30492
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But Moses’ hands became heavy . . . And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun (Exodus 17:12). I grew up on a farm where hard work was the norm. The summer sun drew sweat, […]

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]]> Welcome to Hope https://baonline.org/welcome-to-hope/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 07:00:20 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=29610

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Hope. I want it. I search for it. I try to hold on to it when I find it. I sing, teach, greet, write, and listen to pastors speak words of hope. Yet in reality, hope has proven elusive from the beginning of time. Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and were driven from […]

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]]> A Hard-Learned Lesson https://baonline.org/a-hard-learned-lesson/ Fri, 09 Dec 2022 07:00:34 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=29286
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Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you (Proverbs 2:11). Head down, shoulders shaking, and tears flowing, this was not the Uncle Leonard we knew. Years of poor choices still showed in the crevices of his bony face. However, his wrinkles no longer widened with laughter that turned into a ragged cough. He wasn’t regaling […]

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]]> Healing Hearts and Homes https://baonline.org/healing-hearts-and-homes/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:01:32 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=28808
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Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting (Psalm 139:23, 24). The telephone rang at 2:00 a.m. “This is the police department. We’ve picked up a mother and three children. The kids are in pretty […]

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]]> Never Will I Leave You https://baonline.org/never-will-i-leave-you/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 06:00:01 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=27267

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“I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). When I was eight years old, I read Bible verses that explained God’s love, my sin, Jesus’ sacrifice, and my need to repent and accept God’s grace in faith. God spoke to my heart. Although not audibly, He called to me: “Trust Me. Follow Me. […]

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