The heat of the global recession is on. The news carried nothing else but job losses, closure of shops, bankruptcy and stock market crashes. Even before this moment in time, the media is known for sensationalizing bad news. If it is not about the global recession, it is about a man who raped his daughter or the body of a murdered ten-year old found somewhere or a country in Africa where people are being ravaged by AIDS.

In the midst of these terrible reports however, it is exciting to know that there is good news. The good news comes directly from the one who created the heavens and the earth; the One by whom you and I exist.

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About seven years ago, I began to put my bible study thoughts into writing and circulate among a few friends that I had about that time. Before this time however, I used to keep a journal of my life experiences.

A few days ago, I was searching through some old stuff and came across one of my old diaries and I began to read through some of the things I wrote so many years ago.  It was an emotional moment for me, as my memory began playing back some of the scenes I put down in my diary.

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It all started when I began sharing my personal Bible studies with a few friends.  Back then,  the internet was not quite popular as it is today and service outlets were very limited.  I had limited access to the internet at work and these times gave me the opportunity to quickly share my thoughts with a few friends numbering about 10. These friends in turn forwarded my notes to others and my list began to expand.

At a particular point in time, I could no longer send my thoughts on individual basis because my list had grown to about 100. In 2002, The Biblepraise Newsletter was born when I registered it as a group on Yahoo.  This was followed by the hosting of the website, biblepraise.org. The list began to explode and before I knew it, we had over a thousand subscribers on the list and the number has been growing still.
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