We live in a world where nurture and changing culture shape and sometimes dictate to us, our understanding of ourselves and our responsibilities. This frame is often sufficient to those who reject the existence of a sovereign God and the teachings and Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this
Continue readingDuring my childhood a certain man, affectionately known as JFK, became the 35th president of the USA. In his inaugural speech President Kennedy urges American citizens to participate in public service and “ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.” Now a search
Continue readingI believe people from all nations and persuasions have a deep-seated hunger for God. Without Him, life lacks any sense of meaning. If you are a Christian have you examined your mind recently, is it a Biblical mind? If you aren’t a Christian have you considered that the Bible is
Continue reading2 Timothy 3:16-17: “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right. It is God’s way of preparing us in every
Continue readingExodus 32:26, Moses: ‘Whoever is for the Lord come to me…’ This week I conclude my articles on leaving a spiritual legacy by encouraging you to put the Lord first in everything. It is a Blessing seeing children and others honoring God’s Will above all else as they proceed through
Continue readingThere was a time, not so long ago, that books constituted one of our main sources of knowledge and information. A book series that was popular in my pre-teens went under the general title of “Teach Yourself”. Books in the series included ‘Teach Yourself French’, ‘Teach Yourself Algebra’, ‘Teach Yourself
Continue readingThe land of a mountain farm is often split between fertile fields around the homestead itself and open rugged terrain at higher elevations. It is often an on-going farming challenge to maintain the uppermost fields adjacent to the open mountainside in a condition suitable for cultivation because of the continual
Continue readingOn a morning in 1984 I was reading my chapter for the day Genesis 12 (consecutive chapter from the Bible each day). I read Gen. 12:1-2 “Leave your country, your people and your father`s household and go the land I will show you.” I was thinking about what God was
Continue readingA legacy of a Reverence for God (no one greater!) Matthew 10:37, ‘Anyone who loves his father and mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son and daughter more than me is not worthy of me.’ Henry Blackaby: ‘You need to have your life
Continue readingGod-Centered Environment 1 Chron 4:10, Jabez: ‘Oh that You would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain. And God granted what he asked.’ It’s not just leaving
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