@#&%$ That Feels Better!

ouchA new study shows that uttering expletives when you hurt yourself is a sensible policy.
That is according to scientists who have shown swearing can help reduce pain.
A study by Keele University researchers found volunteers who cursed at will could endure pain nearly 50% longer than civil-tongued peers. Continue reading

And He Died For You Too!

jesus-died-for-pedroI don’t know why it struck her as so funny but as we were searching for a Christian T-shirt to give to our church camp director, Linda and I came upon one that said, “Jesus died for Pedro…and He died for you too!”
She begins laughing and I knew we were getting this shirt. Continue reading

A Jehovah-jireh Day

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. Gen 22:14
And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” Gen 22:14
I’ve only been Education Director for camp for two years, yet this has been the tougher of the two. Continue reading

The Undesirables

Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children, Lam 2:19
This morning I arose and found on Worldnetdaily.com that in an astonishing admission, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she was under the impression that legalizing abortion with the 1973 Roe. v. Wade case would eliminate undesirable members of the populace, or as she put it “populations that we don’t want to have too many of.” Continue reading

The Most Important Book In The Bible!

bible-1What is the most important book in the Bible?
That’s a good question!
First, we know that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God (2 Tim 3:16) so that makes it all important considering that God inspired ALL of it.
But does one book stand out from the others? Continue reading

How Do I Explain This?

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Linda and I spent the July 4th holiday on the coast of Texas in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area.
As we were driving on the way home through Woodville, we saw that the police had a church van pulled over.
It was from an Assembly of God in nearby Livingston and was loaded with kids.

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What Time Is It?

watchAnd do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. Rom 13:11
I forgot to wear my watch to church last night so I was a bit lost.
I wasn’t sure if it was time to start the Praise & Worship or if I was early or late. Continue reading

We Have Hope

hopeBut I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 1 Thess 4:13-14
I was making my phone calls last night to confirm teachers for church camp, which is 3 weeks away. Continue reading

Raiders of the found Ark?

ark…and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. Heb 9:3-5
Last Friday, a patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia said that he would announce to the world the unveiling of the Ark, which he says has been hidden away in a church in his country for millennia. Continue reading

They's Just Folks

He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead. Acts 17:31
And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, Heb 9:27
You’ve probably heard the news that both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson both died yesterday.
Looking at the online articles this morning, I see no word on Farrah; Michael’s death dominates the headlines.

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