Think on these things (Philippians 4:8-9)
In Psalm 74, Asaph is asking God to remember His people because their enemy had devastated God’s house. He was trusting that God, who had helped destroy their enemy in the past, would not permit their reproach now. “reproached” in 74:18 is an interesting word, with clear Hebrew context, meaning, …
In Numbers 13 Israel is discouraged when God’s promises don’t come in their way and time. God had miraculously brought them from Egypt to their Promised Land. We find them in Numbers 13 just a hop-skip-jump from the land that “floweth with milk and honey.” It was all that God …
After 250 years, the United States of America is still the greatest and freest nation in the world. This does not preclude her moral failures. After 250 years, we can see the emancipation, evangelization, perdition, expectation and hopeful acceptation with God of the United States of America in Revelation 22. …
250 years ago, patriotism was alive and real unlike any time in history. Men enlisted to fight for our nation’s freedom with great honor knowing they were signing their own death warrant. Before the United States of America, no country had allowed its citizens to stand up against them and …
From the NCLL (National Center for Life and Liberty): “Your will may be changed as often as you wish and should be reviewed when any major life circumstances occur, or, if there are no major changes, at least every five years. If the change you desire to make is relatively …
From the National Institute of Health on Aging: “Smells can keep you safe. … You must be able to detect smoke, gas leaks, spoiled food, and vapors from potentially dangerous household chemicals to keep yourself and other members of your household safe. Some injuries and illnesses can cause a long-lasting …
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 …
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