Monthly Archives: November 2007

So, maybe I need start calling this the “every two weeks Friday Links Roundup” (or something a little more snazzy). We were away for Thanksgiving and I just decided to take some time away from blogging while we were away last Friday. Hopefully, we’ll get back into the schedule of doing this every week.

Here are some wonderful articles for you to enjoy:

1. December starts tomorrow, and Joey Sparks has given a challenge to read the entire New Testament in that one month. He has a brief article that contains a link to a reading schedule so you can take the challenge. Read the article and follow the link to the schedule here.

2. I loved my time at Freed-Hardeman University. While it isn’t cheap, it is worth every penny! My dad wrote an interesting article contrasting his memories of his state school education with his children’s memories of FHU. Read “Two Professors.”

3. If anyone writes an article about my grandmother they are going to be in the Friday Links Roundup! Jeremiah Tatum listened to something that I also was present to hear last week, but he was able to express a thought that is very much worth your time. Take the time to read “I Must Tell Jesus.”

4. How many times have you told someone, “Everything is okay,” when it really wasn’t? Jim Martin explores this in his article “Everything is Just Fine.”

Finally, just for fun, did you know that Santa Claus has a blog? Thanks to Paul Kelsey for showing me this one. Check out Santa’s blog!

I hope you have a great weekend. Don’t forget the Lord on His day.

It is a wonderful thing to be a person of faith. To be able to say that we believe in God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, Heaven and the Bible is a wonderful thing. We should proudly proclaim these things as often as we can.

Atheists cannot (will not) claim such things. Since they do not believe in any “higher power”—including the God of Heaven—they will not proclaim such statements of faith.

Has it ever occurred to you that the only atheists that exist are alive right now? There are no atheists in the “afterlife.” Those who have died may not have had faith in God, but they do now! As the old saying goes, “There won’t be any atheists on Judgment.”

But there are also no atheists among the Devil’s cohorts. He and his demons are constantly working, but their work proves their “faith” in God. They obviously believe He exists. If He did not, there would be nothing for Satan to do!

How proud am I of the fact that I can claim to believe that God exists? James wrote, “You believe that there is one God. You do well” (2:19). Thank you, James! That should make us feel better about ourselves, shouldn’t it? James tells us that we are doing well at something.

But, as you know, there is more to the verse: “Even the demons believe—and tremble!” If I am just able to say that I know God exists, my faith has not gotten above that of the demons who work against God!

Also, that verse should make me think about how deep my faith is. When the demons think of God, they tremble. They know His power. They know His judgment. They know His control. The demons may know more about God than I do!

When I think of the Judgment Day, or of just how powerful God is, does it ever cause me to “tremble,” either literally or in my mind? Does it ever cause me to, as we sometimes sing, “stand in awe” of Him? God is so powerful and so just that I should be totally amazed by Him.

I need to work daily to make sure my faith is more than that of demons. How do I do that?

Check back next week.

If you don’t have a favorite football referee, you are about to.

Just listen to the description of a penalty called in the Maryland – N.C. State game on Saturday.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Ron Cherry: