SCRIPTURE Genesis 1:26 {ESV} Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on earth.” OBSERVATION There…
Why Does God Love Me? {Bible Reading Plan}
My sisters and I used to joke that our first stop on the way home from the hospital was church. And from that moment on, we spent every waking moment in church… For most of my life, I’ve always felt God’s presence around me. Even when I was running ahead of Him, I knew He…
Book Review: Are We Living in the End Times? By Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK) 27 PERCENT OF THE BIBLE IS DEVOTED TO PROPHECY. But most of us don’t focus 27 percent of our personal Bible study on prophecy. Why? We’re confused. Or intimidated. Or both. This book takes away the mystery ~ and the intimidation. From the creators of the Left…
Reading the Bible in 90 Days: What I Learned
Around November 2010, my mom (an evangelist), and I were talking about bibles and the various translations and their readability, when she told me that she had one that she wanted to send me to read. Inwardly I groaned. Growing up, my mom’s not~so~subtle questioning of my salvation had always been a sore spot with…
Book Review: Judgment Day: A Novel by Wanda L. Dyson
BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK) The weekly cable news show Judgment Day with Suzanne Kidwell promises to expose businessmen, religious leaders, and politicians for the lies they tell. Suzanne positions herself as a champion of ethics and morality with a backbone of steel ~ until a revelation of her shoddy investigation tactics…
Blogging Through The Gospels: Mark 3:35
SCRIPTURE Mark 3:35 Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother. OBSERVATION Jesus is stating that through our faith in Him, everyone who follows Him and does as the Word of God instructs is His family and also ours by virtue of us being children of God. APPLICATION Sometimes when I’m…
Hey! I’m Guest Posting at Mom’s Toolbox
Today I’m guest posting at Mom’s Toolbox for today’s Blogging Through The Gospels reading. So please head on over there and check it out!
Religious Civility, Where Has It Gone?
It’s been a couple of days since Resurrection Sunday (Easter to some) and I’m finally in a place where I can write this post without getting teary~eyed… On Sunday morning, I woke up and checked up on all my people like I normally do. I sent out “Happy Resurrection Sunday” messages to a few friends…
No Greater Love
John 3:16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 15:13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. As parents, we’re conditioned to say that we…
Blogging Through The Gospels: Matthew 14
SCRIPTURE Matthew 14:13~14 13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. OBSERVATION Jesus had just learned of…