Matthew S April 26, 2024 Faith 1,861
It’s a difficult task to keep one’s mind from falling into the worldly ideologies that surround us. This is especially true for the Christian who has a secular job. There’s no guarantee that the people who work around you will care or respect your biblical worldviews. This is a difficult ...
Read More » Keith April 25, 2024 TBL China 1,069
Mark 13:32-37 马可福音 13:32-37 32 But of that day or that hour not a [single] person knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 但那日子、那时辰,没有人知道,连天上的使者也不知道,子也不知道,惟有父知道。 33 Be on your guard [constantly alert], and watch and pray; for you do not know when the time ...
Read More » C D SWANSON April 25, 2024 Faith 1,265
Matthew 13:3-9 Behold, a Sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprang up, because they had no deepness of ...
Read More » Jennifer Woodley April 25, 2024 Faith 1,157
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. Christians who are familiar with God’s Word almost know this Scripture verbatim. Yet knowing is not the same as doing, and so I wondered how we ...
Read More » Keith April 24, 2024 TBL China 1,001
1 TIMOTHY 2:1-3 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 提摩太前书 2:1-3 因此,我劝勉大家,首先要为所有人恳求、祈祷、代祷和感谢;为了君王,为了所有掌权者;使我们能以敬虔和诚实的方式过上安静和平的生活。 Putting Prayer In ...
Read More » C D SWANSON April 24, 2024 Faith 1,575
Finding Direction With God’s Compass In the vastness of life’s journey, there are moments when one feels adrift, as if caught in a tempest without a compass. This sense of being lost, of wandering without direction, is not merely a physical state but a spiritual void where the soul yearns ...
Read More » John Clark April 24, 2024 Faith 930
I recently came across an article entitled, “$100,000 Income Needed In All 50 States To Live The American Dream.” The American Dream is defined as “the ideal that every citizen of the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative”(The ...
Read More » C D SWANSON April 23, 2024 Poetry 1,456
(Based on Psalm 27) In the Lord’s abode, I take my stand, He is my light, my saving hand. The wicked come, to stir up strife, Yet in His strength, I find my life. Though hosts encamp, my heart won’t fear, The war may arise, yet God is near. One ...
Read More » Jennifer Woodley April 23, 2024 Heart Warming 1,288
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Timothy squirmed on the uncomfortable, brown, plastic chair in the back of the court room waiting patiently for his name to be called. It was 12.45 pm and he had sat ...
Read More » C D SWANSON April 22, 2024 Faith 1,351
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another –1 Corinthians 4:6 Pride ...
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