We recently started on John chapter 13 on Wednesday nights with the youth. It starts with the story of Jesus eating with His disciples just before the Passover, the time when He would become a curse for us by bearing our sins on the cross. He rose during supper and Read more…
Dory is our avid reader. Of course, school slows down her recreational reading but if she enjoys a book there’s almost no stopping her. In the past few years, she has even pre-ordered the upcoming book in whatever series she was reading and received it the moment it was released. Read more…
Paul is my favorite Apostle because he is so open and honest about his own Christian life. The following thoughts are taken from 1 Cor. 4:6-10, although I am not quoting it in the order it is written, so that we can better understand Paul’s example. “On every side I Read more…
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” Romans 12:1 Many, when they hear the word worship, think of a church service. The singing of hymns and songs, Read more…
God is in control! Do you believe that? Our recent Sunday School lesson was about how God worked (and still works!!) through all sorts of people, including “dysfunctional” families like Isaac and Rebecca, who played favorites with their sons. One son, Esau, gave up his family rights because he was Read more…
I hope you enjoyed your extra hour of sleep last Saturday night. The only kind of “turning back” that I really enjoy is turning that alarm clock back one hour. I hate to be driving down the road and have to turn back because I have forgotten something at home. Read more…
There are times when we day dream. We get bored or have nothing to do, and our minds begin to wander. Recently, I began to really consider what it was that I thought about during those moments where the mind begins to wander. I love sports, so I think often Read more…
More times than I’d like to admit it, I get sucked into a “debate” with a student about some topic or other. Now I’m not saying I know everything but in all their blissful innocence (and ignorance) they go on and on about why they are right and I’m wrong. Read more…
I do believe that fall has fallen. Actually, in the south, fall just keeps on falling over and over again. Just when I think we have seen the last of eighty degree temperatures, here they come again. It is surprising to me how many poets do not like autumn. Bryant Read more…
I have recently been reading through the book of 1 Samuel. I came across a story in chapter 15. The Lord had spoken and declared that the Saul was to go in to Amalek, and devote everything to destruction. Amalek had opposed Israel, as God had led them out of Read more…