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What About Your Heart?
Amos 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! To what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. It is easy to be indignant today. It is easy to be self-righteous. It is easy to look at the news and think how wicked the world is and...
God Does Not Lose
Amos 4:12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. My grandfather used to tell a story about his father, William Rice, who had been a cowboy and a lay preacher. In Decatur, Texas, where my...
God Chastens Because He Loves
Amos 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. There are two kinds of preacher’s kids in this world. I know that because I am a preacher’s son, a preacher’s grandson, and a preacher’s great...
The Worst Loneliness is Chosen
Hosea 13:9, 10a O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. I will be thy king: where is any other…? I think everyone knows that you can be lonely in a crowd. If you go to any large city, or even a small town, the sidewalks and subways are filled...
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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.