March, 2016

• 9 March

  Do You Have a “Whatever” Attitude?

  

  Whatever! Doesn’t that word just infuriate you? It does me because it’s typically used alongside an I-don’t-care attitude and/or the rolling of the eyes. What do you want for dinner? Whatever. What would you like to do? Whatever. I think this would be a good idea. Whatever. No, I really ...

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• 8 March

  Andy Mackie: Defying Death And Sharing The Gift of Music

  

  By all rights, Scottish born Andy Mackie should have technically and medically died a long time ago; but instead he used his last years to “pay it forward” to a multitude of school kids.  He gave his reason for the extended life opportunities as being tied to giving away the ...

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• 7 March

  “The Mapmaker’s Children” Entertainment and Modern Relevance In History

  

  “Six degrees of separation is the theory that everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world … “ www.wikipedia.com. Perhaps this is true in a wider sense than we ever imagined. Perhaps we are more connected and our ...

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• 6 March

  The History of “Casting Crowns”

  

  The History of “Casting Crowns” Casting Crowns is a very well-known Christian rock band which has a sincere heart to glorify Jesus Christ and spread His Word to a lost world. They started in 1999 with Mark Hall as their founder and lead singer. Mark Hall is the main songwriter ...

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• 4 March

  Immorality, Greed and Teddy Bears

  

  If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy and sick.    JOHN STEINBECK, letter to Adlai Stevenson, Nov. 5, 1959 It’s hard to believe that a child’s stuffed toy can point one towards simplicity and ...

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• 2 March

  How to Cope with a Recovering Drug Addict or Alcoholic

  

  Addiction effects the entire family. After recovery or even during recovery, the family will face consequences of the addict’s poor choices such as financial difficulties and health problems due to the chronic stress of dealing with an addict. When a family member who is in recovery comes back into the ...

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• 2 March

  Is Your Default Setting One of Attitude or Gratitude?

  

  Sometimes I just hate computers and everything that involves computers! I spent all of the last week going around and around with three different computer/program-related problems. First off, I was having trouble with my e-mail that was venting off somewhere into cyberspace after I transferred my domain name from one ...

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• 1 March

  I Just Want To Testify: Simple as 1, 2, 3–My Personal Story (Part 2)

  

  In my last article, I posted a user-friendly list of questions (suggested by Shannon Ethridge) that make telling your HIS-tory with Jesus a simpler process.  Plugging your specific details into the answers to three easy questions makes for a beautiful testimony of God’s redeeming power.  I know it will give ...

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February, 2016

• 28 February

  The Word of God is Never Void

  

  God’s Word was here before the beginning of time. God and His Word are so intertwined that God honors His Word above His name. His Word is very important to Him because He cannot lie and every prophetic Word He has ever spoken will surely come to pass. (Prophecies that ...

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• 28 February

  Where’s The Doctrine?

  

  The older generation may remember a television commercial decades ago when hamburger fast-food chains were opening. It featured an elderly lady driving up to the window and yelling, “Where’s the beef?” Today, many Christians should be asking, “Where’s the doctrine?” To call oneself a Christian, doctrine does matter. But sometimes ...

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