Month: February 2023
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1 out of 150
Do you have a favorite Psalm? You know, that one Psalm you read when you want to meditate on God’s Word, that one Psalm you read because it just happens to fit perfectly with what you are facing at this moment, that one Psalm you have bookmarked, underlined, and circled… yes, that one. With 150…
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How Well Do You Know Your Wife?
Husbands, how well do you know your wife? I’m not talking about her likes and dislikes, her favorite foods or her favorite color. I’m talking about those little, seldom seen by anyone, quirks. For example, my wife cannot walk on a hotel floor with her bare feet. She has no problem sleeping in the bed,…
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Memories: How They Linger
There are often days that occur in our lives that we will never forget. They can be happy days like our wedding day or the birth of our children. They can be sad days like the loss of a parent, sibling or a spouse. We often remember every detail, every conversation, every feeling. I don’t…
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From The Empty Nesters To The New Nesters
When we started having children over 25 years ago, we read the book What To Expect When You’re Expecting from cover to cover. After a careful reading of that book and three kids later we have learned that there was more to being a parent than reading the book and following the instructions. There were…
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Best Quotes Of The Week
The Freed-Hardeman lectureship was February 5-9, 2023 and here are the quotes from the lessons that stood out to us: “When we are restored by the blood of Christ we are put together with something more valuable than us.” – David Shannon “We will never focus on our home if we believe we are already…
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Time To Bake
I love to bake. It’s something I’ve grown up watching and learning. The Thanksgiving and Christmas season before my dad opened his own bakery, our house was a temporary one. Cookies, pies, and boxes were everywhere. Our house smelled amazing all day long. When the real bakery finally opened, the long hours began, work started…
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Are You A Jonah?
We all know the story of Jonah. He was told by God to go to Nineveh to preach to them. Instead, he went in the opposite direction, got on a ship, a storm arose, he was thrown overboard, a great fish swallowed him, he stayed there three days, he prayed to God, was spit out…
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It Is Well With My Soul
The Old Testament tells the story of the prophet Elisha, who visited Shunem. There was a notable woman in that town that invited the prophet of God to eat with them and then convinced her husband that since he was a holy man that passed that way often, they should build him a little room…
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Pickle Salvation
I recently did a word study on the word “baptism”, especially as it is used in Acts 2:38. The Greek word is “baptizo” and was transliterated and not translated. It was anglicized into baptize instead of rendered immersion because the King James translators viewed different modes of baptism i.e. pouring or sprinkling. They did not…
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When Worship Becomes A Circus
When I was a kid, I loved going to the circus. I liked all the acts, especially the trapeze artists. I once worked at a local radio station and got to be a “ceremonial ringmaster” since the station sponsored the event. I loved it. My kids loved it. I would do it again. However, the…
Grace & Salt 