I had several shorter items that, I felt, needed to be on here, but none of them warranted a full post. So, instead, I just decided to put them all on the last post of the week. Please read each short item carefully. And, this being the final post of the year, we want to say a quick “thank you” for coming to the blog from time-to-time. Please keep coming and please keep spreading the word as well. Our number[...]
What a beautiful word “forgiveness” is. We feel great relief when we have wronged someone and they grant us forgiveness. We understand that a person does not have to forgive, but, rather, they want to forgive. Also, we obviously feel the greatest relief when we know that our sins are forgiven by our heavenly Father. Let’s notice just 3 facts from the Bible about our forgiveness. First, we can learn from God’s Word that forgiveness is reciprocal; in other words,[...]
If all goes as scheduled this week, there will be a new publication released this Friday, and it will be free to anyone who wishes to receive it. The publication is called “For Youth Ministers, By Youth Ministers,” and it is a 10-page monthly newsletter sent via email. Youth ministers in the area where I live are putting this paper together. Each month, the paper will have certain features that are designed to encourage youth ministers specifically, but also anyone[...]
This book, published in 1975 by Zondervan, is a wonderful work. Buy this book, even if you have to pay a “pretty penny,” since it is out of print. Distressing Days of the Judges, as its name implies, discusses the extremely important period of time between the death of Joshua and the beginning of the monarchy in Israel. However, it does not simply cover the book of Judges, it discusses the individual judges, including Eli and Samuel, whom we read[...]
