Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 36: Saturday “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare […]
Read MoreIn 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 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 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 MoreIn the last two chapters of his gospel, Luke writes of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Luke tells of Jesus’ journey on the road to Emmaus with two of His followers, and Jesus’ charge to those gathered with the eleven remaining apostles. “Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and […]
Read MoreWhen J. K. Rowling gave the commencement address at Harvard in 2008, she said something very astute: adversity tests you and your relationships. Christians frequently speak of our testing as individuals by the suffering we endure, but rarely do we discuss how adversity tests and reveals relationships within the church. That’s odd, because Jesus said […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 31: Wednesday “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” Psalm 91:1–2 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 90–92. Psalm 91 is […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 30: Saturday “Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to […]
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Kindling for Candles 