Posted in Comfort, Family on April 1, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Growing up in a ministry family, we didn’t have much extra. Mom made everything from scratch because it cost less. I never saw a Hamburger Helper package or a frozen entre in my entire childhood. As children we very rarely, if ever, had a candy bar from the checkout. We learned not to ask, and [...]
Posted in Comfort, Encouragement on December 13, 2007 | 9 Comments »
I was in a grocery store yesterday when I heard someone call out my name. It turned out to be a Christian woman and VCY listener. As we began to talk about the Lord’s work in our lives, she began to share some of the heartache she had going on in her family. I [...]
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, Comfort, Encouragement, Faith on September 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
When you consider that in today’s culture, a young man of 28-years is not even considered a full adult, (think backwards baseball caps and video games), it is astounding that the author of these powerful writings died at the age of 28. Henry Scougal was dedicated to the service of God and diligently trained by [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Comfort, Encouragement, Faith on September 18, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Jim Bublitz has an excellent post on suffering and how we in America often view it. I really encourage you to read this post because it will really help put things in proper perspective. Jim suffers from the same genetic condition as our son Jonathan. Informally called “brittle bone disease”, Osteogenesis Imperfecta is a genetic [...]
Posted in Comfort, Encouragement, Faith on September 16, 2007 | 7 Comments »
“Thy faithfulness is unto all generations” said the Psalmist. Indeed, throughout the Scriptures, the faithfulness of God is proclaimed as a Divine attribute. But what is God’s faithfulness? What does it mean for us? In an hour of growing apostasy, the truth of the faithfulness of God is of utmost importance for our life as [...]
Posted in Battle for Truth, Comfort, Encouragement, Faith on September 16, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I was reminded yet again this morning what a spiritual battle Christians are in. Our greatest opponents will not be atheists, humanists, agnostics, homosexuals, abortion supporters, evolutionists and the like. The greatest enemies of those who truly follow Jesus will be those from the religious community who will despise your single-minded dedication, your commitment and [...]
Posted in Comfort on August 26, 2007 | 5 Comments »
After a week that was epic in terms of negative stress, it was good to sit in the house of the Lord today. The side windows were open on our old brick church and the bells of the church across the street began ringing as we gathered to worship. After the flooding, humidity and storms [...]
Posted in Comfort, Encouragement, Family on August 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I went to the studios this week where I sometimes host Crosstalk, and I discovered a box of old hymnals on a desk near my office. Someone had donated these old gems, and I couldn’t resist them. I pulled out a dusty green volume entitled, “Sunday School Book” and opened it up. It was an [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Comfort, Encouragement on August 9, 2007 | 12 Comments »
My husband and I went out for a sandwich on a Friday night a few weeks ago. It had been a wearying week with lots of challenges, and we wanted to get away for a while. I mumbled my order for coffee and even before we had ordered our food, I began to launch into [...]
