“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105 For several years Joe and I enjoyed square dancing. Although most people have undoubtedly have done a few figures in their school gym when they were students, or twirled a bit at a community recreation center function, those infrequent forays into the [...]
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Dancing by Definition
Posted in End Times, The Christian Life, tagged Biblical Discernment in an Age of Apostasy, Biblical Discernment in End Times, Christian Living, Dancing by Definition, Square Dancing on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
That Unruly Tongue!
Posted in The Christian Life, tagged Christian Living, The Importance of Words, The Unruly Tongue on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.” James 1:26 The above passage is so succinct, it makes me shudder! When I consider the Biblical view of an unruly tongue, I’m thrown upon God’s mercy for any and every time I have failed to keep a [...]
December 7th . . . remember Pearl Harbor, but move on!
Posted in He is Coming Again Soon!, Hope in Trouble and Adversity, Pearl Harbor, The Christian Life, We must forgive!, tagged Biblical Discernment in End Times, Christ is Coming Again, Christian Living, He is Coming Again Soon!, Hitler, King of Kings and Lord of Lords!, Oliver Cromwell, Our Messiah is Coming Again!, Pearl Harbor, Salvation at Calvary, Stalin, Trail of Tears, Upholding Biblical Christianity, We must forgive! on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every year at this time , since I began blogging, I’ve commemorated Pearl Harbor with a photo of the disaster. This year, I can’t bring myself to feature the photo. Recently, whenever I think of Japan I think of the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Necessary from a military standpoint? Yes! Unthinkably tragic from a human standpoint? YES! We need [...]
A Quiet Life
Posted in A Passion for Creativity!, crazy culture, Joy in Everyday Life!, Loving Life!, The Christian Life, tagged Christian Living, Creativity and the Christian, Quiet Living, The bane of compulsive talkers on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands . . . so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.” I Thessalonians 4:11-12 NIV I have branded this verse in my [...]
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Posted in God is Faithful!, God Revealed in Creation, Joy in Everyday Life!, The Christian Life, tagged Christian Living, God is Faithful!, God's provision in illness and accidents, God's witness in Creation on October 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, beause His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 If you study the above photo, you will see large doors beyond the driveway on the left. Those doors are symbolic to me, metaphors for the true saying: [...]
CONVERGE WORLDWIDE–flirting with demons?
Posted in Baptist General Conference, Biblical Discernment, CONVERGE WORLDWIDE, End Times, Purpose Driven and Emergent Apostasy, The Christian Life, Upholding Biblical Christianity in an Age of Apostasy, tagged Apostasy, Baptist General Conference, Biblical Discernment in an Age of Apostasy, Biblical Discernment in End Times, CONVERGE WORLDWIDE, Emergent Apostasy, End Times, Upholding Biblical Christianity on March 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
In 1852, a group of Bible believing Swedish immigrants to the USA founded a Christian denomination known as the Baptist General Conference. It’s fortunate that people don’t really “roll over in their graves”–for it that were true there would be a lot of underground rolling going on today! The Baptist General Conference has changed it’s [...]
Instruments, yes! But do we need the pagan, jungle beat?
Posted in Biblical Discernment, Music in the Church, The Christian Life, Upholding Biblical Christianity in an Age of Apostasy, tagged Church Music on February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the psaltery and harp. Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise Him upon the loud cymbals; praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals.” Psalm 149:3-5 The above verses should leave no doubt concerning the Scriptural validity of all [...]
Receiving so we can give . . .
Posted in Biblical Discernment, The Christian Life on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.” Psalm 119:103,104 Recently a sweet young Christian friend made a statement which I’ve pondered over and over. He said, “We shouldn’t attend church to get something. We should attend to give.” I understand what my [...]
