In The Pits: Part 4

“ Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you… “Or suppose a king is about […]

In The Pits: Part 3

“ Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27 NIV¹ According to the history of the great Roman empire, Rome considered itself to be polytheistic and pagan. It was established […]

In The Pits: Part 2

“ I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 NIV¹ According to the new world encyclopedia, the story of Paul and Thecla reflects both the ascetic² tendency and the experience of persecution […]

In The Pits

“ Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.” 1 Chronicles 11:22 NKJV¹ The book In a […]

Let Your Garden Flourish

“ What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.” 2 TIMOTHY 1:13-14 NIV This will be short and sweet so we can all […]

Where is the Love?

“ And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.” MARK 6:34 We are entering a new age and culture of debates framed largely to appease emotion rather than factual […]

Man in the Mirror: Part 3

“ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the […]

Inner Beauty is Where It’s At

Years ago, Audrey Hepburn was asked about her beauty secrets in an interview and her response was ‘For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. People, even more […]

Man in the Mirror: Part 2

“ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the […]

Man in the Mirror

“ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the […]