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The Opportunity and the Test
I Samuel 24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. Francis Bacon supposedly said, “Wise men make more opportunities than they find.” Sometimes we are sitting...
A Rogue Ally or an Honest Enemy?
I Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so...
From Whom Do You Expect to Gain?
I Samuel 23:16 And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. Yesterday I was driving from Oklahoma to my home on the Bill Rice Ranch. Oklahoma has a lot of toll roads, and we were driving up to a toll when we...
Getting in on God’s Program Early
I Samuel 20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. Remember the “teacher’s pet” in 3rd grade? There is nothing wrong with a teacher loving her students, and it is perhaps natural for a teacher...
Evangelist Wil Rice IV
Evangelist Wil Rice preaches around the country in local church revival meetings and at the Ranch’s summer camps, year-round retreats, and regional conferences. He has a strong resolve to continue what his grandparents began over fifty years ago – reach deaf and hearing young people for Christ and see revival in the hearts of believers.