Truth For The Heart
In August of 2008 a long and difficult church experience finally came to a close for us. Our children were growing into their young adult years, and I anticipated time to rest and recover from the stress we had endured. Then in September of 2008 the economy crashed, and the bottom began to fall out […]
Read MoreWeek 36 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. I put up a variation of this post every week for those who may not know what I’m doing when they find posts on different books of the Bible on different days of the week. This is the general schedule from Michael Coley’s reading plan […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 35: Thursday “There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel against the LORD. The horse is prepared for the day of battle, But victory belongs to the LORD.” Proverbs 21:30–31 Thursday’s Bible reading of Proverbs 20–21 is in the third section of Proverbs: “The first book […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 35: Wednesday “Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits” Psalm 103:1–2 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 102–104. Have you ever thought about how the psalms teach you […]
Read MoreJourney Through The Storm is a new page I published today in the heading as a child page under Anchor of Hope. It’s a collection of posts that serve as a logbook of my journey through my storm of the last few years. I added commentary between the posts to provide background on their writing. […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 35: Sunday “Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.” 2 Timothy 1:13–14 Sunday’s Bible reading is 2 […]
Read MoreWeek 35 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. You can read the complete explanation of what I’m doing here. Why is it so important for us to read God’s Word? When I started the blog I never expected to have so many posts with nautical themes, but in the Bible storms are a […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 34: Thursday “Wealth adds many friends, But a poor man is separated from his friend.” Proverbs 19:4 Thursday’s Bible reading of Proverbs 19 is in the third section of Proverbs: “The first book of Solomon.”1 Proverbs has a great deal to say about work and money, and it […]
Read MoreThe role and nature of women has now been in continual debate for an entire generation. I wrote about the consequent calamity and my personal experience of this crisis in my first post on 1 Timothy 2:9–15. In this post I want to look at who God created us to be as women. Paul’s commands […]
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Kindling for Candles 