Think on these things (Philippians 4:8-9)
The Posting of the Colors is a practice conducted by military color guards of the United States Armed Forces at the beginning of a particular ceremony. The Colors refer to the American Flag, accompanied by flags of lesser degree. Proper respect is given to all the Colors during the ceremony. …
Preservation comes to us through surviving manuscripts. Original manuscripts are gone, only copies exist. The total number of manuscripts of the New Testament is 5,488 in two major text-types: the Byzantine and Alexandrian texts. Byzantine is named for the Byzantine area (Syria, Turkey, and Greece, where the Paul ministered). It’s …
We visited the Museum of the Bible yesterday. It was a great blessing to see the preservation process of God’s Holy Word. It was also disheartening to see the admiration given to versions of the Bible that did not fall into God’s divine preservation. Our church exclusively uses the King …
Today is Father’s Day. As we look back to our parenting days, through hindsight, we clearly see how our ways impacted our children’s ways ─ they instinctively became who we were as their sin nature capitalized more on our sin nature than on our redeemed man. As father’s who have …
Sunday is Flag Day, a day to recognize and honor the adoption of Old Glory on June 14, 1777. This day became an annual observance by Presidential proclamation since June 14, 1916 by all but 2 Presidents, and by official Act of Congress on August 3, 1949. Flag Day is …
From the NCLL (National Center for Life and Liberty): “A carefully crafted will is your most reliable guarantee that distribution of your assets will be conducted according to your wishes. In addition, your will: Enables you, if your family includes minor children or other dependent relatives, to specify who will …
Have you ever noticed how people run for cover when it rains? When someone doesn’t have an umbrella, they run hard to get under cover somewhere. If someone has an umbrella, they seem to walk just as they would normally walk. The other day it was raining very hard, and …
In 1 Samuel 20:3, David is worn down in warfare to the point he said, “there is but a step between me and death.” 1 Samuel 19 shows what brought him to this point, where King Saul was set out to destroy him. In 19:1-7, Jonathan soothed his father’s feelings …
From the National Institute of Health on Aging: “Vitamins and minerals are two of the main types of nutrients that your body needs to survive and stay healthy. … Some vitamins help you resist infections and keep your nerves healthy, while others may help your body get energy from food …
In James 1:1-20, James deals with many issues in the church prevalent in our lives today ─ attitude, mind, will, heart, temptation, desires, deception, disobedience, self-control of our tongue, our ears, and our anger. James’ answer to overcoming these issues and being blessed of God is the “engrafted word.” engrafted …
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