Jeri Stockdale, Author at Bible Advocate Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:30:06 +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 Jeri Stockdale, Author at Bible Advocate 32 32 Hearing Their Heart https://baonline.org/hearing-their-heart/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 06:01:09 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=29041

Watercolor hands holding a pink heart, symbolizing love, care, and compassion.

“For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). The bright glare of the church overhead lights prompted my youth missions’ teammate, Lauren, to slip on her sunglasses once we found our seats before the morning service began. As the worship […]

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]]> More Than a Neighbor https://baonline.org/more-than-a-neighbor/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 07:00:29 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=28230

Weathered white picket fence with blurred house background, summer day ambiance.

The news wasn’t good. “Neighbor Bob just got home from three weeks in the hospital. If you want to see him, you better visit soon.” Our hay supplier’s words echoed in my ears. Ugh. I’d stayed away through the COVID-19 time because Bob was fighting cancer, a battle he’d been waging for five years. I’d […]

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