Posted in Christian Living, God's Creation on January 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Did you know there are over 9500 species of birds in the world? Each and every species is unique in its coloring and features. We do not live in a world of brown sparrows alone. The humble sparrow is just one of the kinds of birds that God made to show forth His glory.
The same [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Christmas Day our family had the privilege of having a friend from church over for dinner. Penny is the owner of a bloodhound named NIXTER (he’s the handsome guy in the photo) who works with search and rescue teams around the country. Prior to NIXTER, Penny was the owner of HOOVER who had a big [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Faith, Persecution, tagged christianity, Christmas, Hell, Hitler, World War II on December 11, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Anita Dittman was a recent guest on Crosstalk Radio Talk Show where she told her story of how she became a Jewish convert to Christianity as a young girl in Germany. She then went through a nightmarish series of events during World War II. In this excerpt from her book, Trapped in Hitler’s Hell, Anita [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Hymns, tagged Advent Jesus Christ, Bethlehem, christianity, Christmas, Hymns, Paul Gerhardt, spirituality on December 8, 2007 | No Comments »
I watched a short video today on the life of German pastor and poet, Paul Gerhardt. He lived in the 17th Century and his beautiful legacy of hymns remains today. This year marked the 400th anniversary of his birth. I came across this Gerhardt hymn today, and at this Advent season I was reminded again [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Comfort, Crosstalk, Encouragement on November 26, 2007 | 7 Comments »
On Monday I will be doing a somewhat unusual Crosstalk program. It is no secret that we’re living in a time of rank apostasy and false teaching. Things seem to be getting worse by the day all around us. But through all of this, God has His true Church, His bride who truly loves Him [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Family, tagged Faith, Family, spirituality on November 19, 2007 | 9 Comments »
There’s a vacant house for sale at the bottom of the hill in our subdivision. It doesn’t look as forlorn as this abandoned house in the photo, but every month that goes by without somebody to care for it, it deteriorates just a little bit more. The house has been on the market for over [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Faith, tagged , Jesus, spirituality on November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Psalm lxxiii. 28. But it is good for [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Faith, Prayer, tagged Christian Living, christianity, Faith, Prayer on November 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“The highest human honor is access to the king. Even a single interview with the monarch is highly coveted, and if obtained never forgotten. How much more should access to the ‘King Eternal, Immortal, and Invisible’, be prized and improved. But alas, it is not so in general. We are naturally averse to ‘draw nigh [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Faith, tagged christianity, Faith, Jesus Christ, missionaries on November 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of Jonathan Edwards’ best loved books is his biography of the great missionary to the American Indians, David Brainerd. After an incredible short life of serving Jesus Christ, Brainerd died of tuberculosis at the age of 29 in Jonathan Edwards’ home. When Edwards read through Brainerd’s diaries of his missionary work, he [...]
Posted in Christian Living, tagged christianity, Faith, sermons on November 7, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A fellow blogger has posted a powerful sermon by Paul Washer of Heart Cry Missionary Society. I hope this is an encouragement to you.
