RSS FeedTHE HUMILITY OF LEARNING FROM HISTORY
I am reading through Ron Chernow’s biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Chernow never disappoints me. I have read his biographies of Washington and Hamilton. His Grant is well worth slogging through over 900 pages. With the current hysteria about how bad things are in...
THE MAGI
Professor E.M. Blaiklock (1903-1983) was the Professor of Classics at Auckland University in New Zealand for over twenty-one years. He was internationally known as a writer on classical and biblical subjects, and his numerous publications include books on Greek and...
THE ESSENTIAL BUILDING BLOCK FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IN 2018
The most essential building block in the life of a Christian is establishing a daily devotional life of Bible meditation, application and prayer. Without that we will flounder in our daily lives, lacking guidance, wisdom and the strength to mature in our spiritual...
THE MIRACLE OF THE INCARNATION
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth….No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known” (John 1:14,18)....
MY READING LIST FOR 2017
NON-FICTION Browsings: A Year of Reading. Collecting and Living with Books, Michael Dirda 2015 Classics for Pleasure, Michael Dirda, 2007. Excellent Survey of Literature. Wanting the Impossible: Sermons, George B. Duncan, 1957 The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas...
WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO COME AMONG US?
Why did Jesus have to come amongst us? Why was it necessary for God to enter into our world in the way he did? Why is the coming of Jesus so important to you and to me? Why do we need Jesus? There are so many people who are indifferent to Jesus and who could care less...
HOW TO CARE FOR AN ALZHEIMER’S PATIENT
Sherman Macdaniel has published an Alzheimer’s Caregivers Guide entitled, Welcome Stranger. The title reminds us that the caregiver becomes a stranger to the patient even though they may have been married or children for years. This transformation is one of the most...
HOW CAN YOU RECOVER FROM TRAGIC SUFFERING?
How do you recover after your friends and family are murdered in church one Sunday morning, as happened on November 5 at First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, Texas? How do you recover from the devastating hurricanes or wildfires of this Fall? How do you recover...
COMPASSIONATE EVANGELISM
Daniel Im in NO SILVER BULLETS: 5 Small Shifts That Will Transform Your Ministry quotes Charles Spurgeon saying, “Every Christian here is either a missionary or an impostor. Recollect that. You either try to spread abroad the kingdom of Christ, or else you do not love...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THANKSGIVING IN THE MIDST OF THE SUFFERING OF CIVIL WAR
Proclamation of Thanksgiving This is the proclamation which set the precedent for America's national day of Thanksgiving. During his administration, President Lincoln issued many orders similar to this. For example, on November 28, 1861, he ordered government...
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