Good and Evil
When I began to teach a children’s Bible class at our church, a stuffed “Christian soldier” wearing the armor of God was among the classroom supplies and decorations. Over the years, I’ve seen an armor of God costume in a…
Category God Is Still in Charge
75 Years Ago Today
These days of preparation for our son’s One Soldier Story: A Tennessean in WWII have been sweet. On Tuesday, when Ray and I ran by to get the key for tonight’s presentation in Cookeville, a mother whose children have been…
Finding Ways to Say Jesus
When Ray and I lived in Mississippi, Ray was a campus minister. He preached sermons only rarely. One Sunday he had the opportunity to preach at our local church. The next Sunday a preacher in another town needed someone to…
The Father who raised Jesus is still working in the world.
With children in three states, Ray and I are grateful for three opportunities to celebrate Easter this year on three consecutive weekends. Our first celebration was last weekend. We gathered at our home with our younger daughter and her family.…
“God commands because He cares.”
In my continuing quest to read the books already on our shelves, I recently began A Devotional Guide to Bible Lands by Batsell Barrett Baxter and Harold Hazelip. In the chapter on Mount Sinai, Dr. Hazelip states: No society can…
God, Science, History, and Education
Daniel and his companions Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (better known as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego), were Israelite prisoners of war in ancient Babylon. These four young men had been either members of the royal family or nobles before they became…