True Christian Stories, by Garry & Nancy Matheny

Preparation for the mission field.

Challenge at Baptist College.

Rewards in Heaven        "For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward." (Mark 9:41)          "Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."  (I Corinthians 3:12-15) 

"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise." (Proverbs 11:30)

When I was a child my mom would go to a big store that had a special sale, "Buy one and get one free! And that is what God wants, a two for one special!

                                                                           Are UFOs and Aliens real? Part I covers the angels of God and the angels of the Devil, the tribulation will be a time of great deception, unparalleled demonic activity on Earth, mixing of man and angelic genes, and could devils live on other planets?                                                                   FREE eBook "Aliens" in Revelatioin, https://www.truechristianshortstoriesfreebygmmatheny.com/aliens-in-revelation.html

“Aliens” in Revelation, Part 2. Are UFOs and Aliens real? Animals with the genes of evil spirits. Worldwide worship of Antichrist. The great puzzle. During the Tribulation, how will the Antichrist explain God’s angles who will be flying through the atmosphere? UFOs and the Devil’s flying machines.  FREE eBook "Aliens" in Revelatioin,  https://www.truechristianshortstoriesfreebygmmatheny.com/aliens-in-revelation.html

Moses gave God five reasons why he could not serve him. 

God knew we all would have problems and he tells us how to overcome them.

What did Jesus Christ say about Hell? 

A true fish story. 

Worry says that God will not help us. 

Ask, and it shall be given you; (Luke 11:8) There are things we could have received already but we have not asked God. https://www.thelaymansbiblicalhandbook.com/prayer.html 

Can the Bible be trusted? Did Jesus trust the Bible? Is it really inspired by God? https://www.thelaymansbiblicalhandbook.com/ 

 "Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." (Psalms 127:1) A weak home makes a weak nation. The average length of a marriage in the US is 8.2 years. One of the greatest problems in the home, is a dad who runs away. There needs to be someone else in the home, God.

April 30th, 1991, seven days, six children, five trains and twenty one pieces of luggage, from West to East Europe. Before cell phones, with languages barriers, and the Orient Express leaves with my family, but I was left behind at the train station. On our way to Romania were we served as missionaries for 30 years.  https://www.truechristianshortstoriesfreebygmmatheny.com/ 

A true and funny story about buying my wife a ring I did not want to buy.  https://www.truechristianshortstoriesfreebygmmatheny.com/ 

Firsthand account of a US Navy Saturation Diver on the nuclear submarine USS Halibut, involved in Operation Ivy Bells. The Mount Everest of spy missions, and the most dangerous of the Cold War. (We were not told the name of the other nuclear sub we rendezvoused with, so I have name it USS Stingray.) The feature-length film can be viewed on ChristianCinema, https://www.christiancinema.com/digital/movie/god-and