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Christian stories about ordinary people facing grief, love, faith, and new beginnings.

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The Man Who Saw Behind Sunday

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

A young man discovers that a respected church member’s weekday life does not match her Sunday faith and must decide how to respond with truth and love.

September 7, 2026

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Why Don’t You Want to Come With Us?

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

After years of prayer, a believing wife watches one honest question from their young daughter reach the heart of the husband she could never argue into faith.

August 28, 2026

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The Bible on His Father’s Desk

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

After his father’s death, Cal Bennett finds years of prayers and handwritten notes inside an old Bible—and begins facing the truth about Christ and himself.

August 24, 2026

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The Fence Between Us

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

After fifteen years of bitterness and silence, two Christian brothers are forced to face the truth, confess their sins, and begin rebuilding what pride destroyed.

August 22, 2026

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More Than a Scar, Part Six: The Promise

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

Ann and Mark face the wounds of their past, discover what God has healed, and step together into a new beginning.

August 16, 2026

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The Old Man and the Skeptic, Part Four: Coming Home

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

After reading the Gospel of John, Fred returns with a changed heart and discovers that he has found more than answers.

August 15, 2026

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The Old Man and the Skeptic, Part Three: Opening the Book

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

Fred opens the Gospel of John and begins reading the Bible to understand who Jesus truly is.

August 12, 2026

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The Old Man and the Skeptic, Part Two: Coffee and Questions

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

Fred returns with honest questions about God, the Bible, Jesus, sin, faith, and hypocrisy—and begins to reconsider who Jesus truly is.

August 10, 2026

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The Old Man and the Skeptic, Part One: A Question Takes Root

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

A skeptical man questions an old cowboy about the Bible, sin, Jesus Christ, and whether he has waited too long to turn to God.

August 9, 2026

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He Called Me by Name

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

On resurrection morning, Mary Magdalene stands weeping outside the empty tomb until one word changes everything—her name spoken by the risen Christ.

August 7, 2026

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More Than a Scar, Part Five: The Return

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

Eric returns after four years asking for another chance, forcing Ann to face the wound he left and the truth about her feelings for Mark.

August 4, 2026

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More Than a Scar, Part Four: The Call

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

Ann takes a brave step into Mark’s church and toward a future with him, but one message from her past threatens the hope she has begun to feel.

August 2, 2026

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More Than a Scar, Part Three: Hearts Awakening

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

As Ann and Mark pray and open God’s Word together, their faith returns and two guarded hearts begin to awaken.

July 30, 2026

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More Than a Scar, Part Two: The Return

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

Ann returns to the park bench, where honest friendship, patient faith, and God’s quiet work begin to loosen the hold of fear.

July 30, 2026

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More Than a Scar, Part One

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

A wounded woman returns to a quiet park bench, where an unexpected conversation begins to awaken hope and strengthen her faith.

July 29, 2026

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Harvest Moon

By Dean Butler | The Other Side of Amen

Two grieving people discover that faith can guide them through sorrow, temptation, love, and a new beginning.

July 28, 2026

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