Legend carries two meanings:
1. a story with no proof
2. an extremely famous person
Let’s look at the second of these. For example: “The man was a living legend.”
Think of the mighty ...
October is a month of changes.
Leaves go from green to colorful to brown.
The winds turn from the heat of summer and tempt us with the winter to come.
Even our thoughts change from the glories of ...
A monument stands on the island of Vinalhaven, Maine. A number of years ago, a mother sent her youth of a son to sea, expecting him to soon return. Instead, a storm arose. In the depths of the ...
Yah, yah, we are the mighty Children of God!
Whoop, whoop, we rule in the Name of the Son!
Get down, we abound in the power of Spirit of the Father!
Deuteronomy 31:6 says four times to stand up ...
Call it a Writ of Promise. Make it a Promissory Note. Even use the term Solemn Promise. No matter how we say it, it means we can depend on another person’s word that what’s said will be ...
The Christian lives according to the Spirit.
In our flesh we are weak (too much so!), but we no longer live that life. We are Children of the King!
Here are four truths from Romans 8:1-4 about the ...
There are varying levels of camping, ranging from primitive to very luxurious. In her personal diary, newlywed Susan Shelby Magoffin writes a tale of traveling across the United States in the ...
Three things count in battle.
1. Experience
2. Armor
3. Good Leadership
Our Christian life is a battle, one fought against the devil and his desire to take us down with him.
Here are three ...
We wake up, throw the covers aside, and we groan.
What’s the struggle for today?
Yesterday the water heater went out. The day before the tire on the car. And the day before that, the pastor ...
We love the sunshine.
Humans need to spend time soaking up the bright light of day. There’s a definitive link between the hours of sunlight we get each day and the number of suicides in the ...
Running a river is a way of edging as close to death as possible without actually dying.
It’s an adrenalin rush, like being on a roller coaster, but without a safety harness in place. Our ...
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and ...
So, you got a bonus at work.
What to spend it on? Family vacation, the church building fund, perhaps that new boat you’ve been wanting?
Here’s what 1 Timothy 6:17-19 has to say:
“As for the ...
