A 9 year old girl moved suddenly from a brick home in an established northern Indiana neighborhood to a trailer in the deep south of the north Georgia mountains with her mother, father, and brothers. While she thought the beauty of the rolling hills and twinkling starry skies of the rural countryside held beauty she’d… Read More When Irish Eyes are Smiling
Guest author Jesse Flowers continues his “Godly Women of the Bible” series: In the book of Judges we read of Israel’s greatest woman leader. The inspired account is given in two ways – chapter 4 contains a prose narrative, while chapter 5 contains the story in poetry. It is safe to say that Deborah is… Read More Godly Women of the Bible: Deborah
Guest author Jesse Flowers continues his “Godly Women of the Bible” series: It seems to me that a godly woman that is often forgotten because of the enormity of the shadow cast by her husband is Sarah. Abraham is mentioned in the Bible 280 times while Sarah is mentioned just shy of 50 times.… Read More Godly Women of the Bible: Sarah
One phrase my girls and I use is: “turn the key in your heart.” I’ve personally been focused on turning the key in my heart to find ways to honor others. Giving honor to the Lord first, and then to those I come in contact with. Several months ago, Deborah Brewer led a ladies… Read More The Gift of Honor
My favorite part of gardening is the benefit of quiet reflection time. While I weeded my flower beds last week, I was reminded of the parable of the sower in Luke 8:15. There Jesus explains what happens when His Word is planted in “thorny ground”. Jesus said, “And as for what fell among the thorns,… Read More Spiritual Mirror
Guest author Jesse Flowers continues his “Godly Women of the Bible” series: Do you know the story of Jochebed? Perhaps for many children and adults she is virtually an unknown Bible character, and I suppose for good reason since she is only mentioned by name twice in Scripture. But we need to know her for… Read More Godly Women of the Bible: Jochebed
Enjoy my daughter’s latest article about heaven: Isn’t it so wonderful to think about how we are going to Heaven? God gives His people a reward, a wonderful one, at the end of their lives for all eternity. In Luke, it talks about Lazarus and the rich man. The rich man had a purple robe… Read More Heaven
Enjoy the latest article by guest author Jesse Flowers from his “Godly Women of the Bible” series: The very first book of the Bible that I taught as a young preacher in training was the Book of Esther to a high school class in Danville, Kentucky. Ever since that time the incredible story of Esther… Read More Godly Women of the Bible: Esther
Enjoy this edifying article by my cousin and guest author Heidi Palmer: Webster’s defines the word content as pleased and satisfied; not needing more. The Bible teaches us in 1 Timothy 6:6 that godliness with contentment is great gain. The passage continues on to say that the LOVE of money is the root of all… Read More Be Content
Caleb Churchill from the Bronx, NY, recently preached for us at the Traders Point Church of Christ. The focus of this particular meeting was evangelism (you can listen to these sermons here). One of the points he made demonstrated how vital it is to be involved in each other’s lives as a church family, and how… Read More Am I My Sister’s Keeper?
