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• The Importance of Mothers

  I mentioned in a post a earlier today that I'd received a pile of books, one of them being the "Life and Works of Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon" (Memorial Edition),... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• A Pile of Books, Oldies and I Hope Goodies!

  

  A year ago, our pastor resigned/was fired for having discovered that he'd spent years in serial plagiarism. The deacons and staff were cleaning out his office... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Two Mother's Day Essays for Those Who Have a Problem with Mother's Day

  

  Sunny Shell: Celebrating a Different Kind of MotherBut this picturesque vision of a mother is not true for everyone. Some of us grew up in homes with parents wh... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Of Church Bulletins and the Language of Lament

  

  I'm and Old Testament kind of woman. I love the Old Testament. I was shocked as I've grown in the faith to see that many Christians never read the OT. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Irresistible Grace of the Father and Its Role in Salvation

  

  I had resisted the pull from the Father toward the cross and His moment of justification. (John 6:44). I was not successful, obviously. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Israel Celebrates 66th Year of Independence, Israel's Existence a Fulfillment...

  On 14 May 1948, after almost 2000 years, declared itself a nation. "Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day?... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• An Unusual Twist to North Carolina's Gay Marriage Lawsuit: Banning Gay Marriage...

  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Mysterious Holes In Indiana Sand Dune Could Be 'New Geological Phenomenon'

  

  Huffington Post, April 28, 2014:Mysterious Holes In Indiana Sand Dune Could Be 'New Geological Phenomenon'Mysterious holes that were discovered at an Indiana... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Most Unrelentingly Horrific and Unsettling Apocalyptic Movie You Will Ever...

  

  Photo by Waiting for the Word, labeled for reuseA couple of years ago in Sunday School, I was explaining the importance of understanding eschatology (last... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Month That Shook the World: Incredible Time-lapse Reveals Planet as It Was...

  An article appearing earlier this week at NBC posed the following question:Does it seem as if there have been more earthquakes in recent weeks? Some scientists... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Methodist Church Organist: Has Been Playing Every Sunday for 73 Years

  

  Christian Post:Martha Godwin, 87, has been consecutively playing the organ at Macedonia United Methodist Church in Southmont County for the past 73 years. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Do You Understand What You Are Reading?

  

  "Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. And he rose... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Have You Been to Heaven Lately? Also, 'Heaven is for Real' Dad Says Critics Are...

  Many people seem to be having a trip to heaven and a personal tour of the place, even meeting John the Baptist, "he's nice" and meeting up with relatives and... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• We Grieve God, Yet He Loves Us

  

  Man's sorry history of grieving the entire Trinity is long and sad.In Genesis 6:6 we read,Adam and Eve banished, Gustave Dore"And the LORD regretted that he... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Bestseller Book "The Shack" in Development to Become a Movie

  The lack of Christian discernment continues...(2 Timothy 4:3) or perhaps the reality is closer to a huge money making machine running over Christians and... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Do Not Grow Weary in the Doing Good

  

  "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9)These days are getting more and more evil. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• It's Tornado Weather

  I'm working on another blog essay for tonight about not growing weary in the well-doing. But I wanted to pause and pray for a moment. There is a severe weather... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• "...and His Face Was Like the Sun Shining in Full Strength"

  

  In the spring and summer, the sun is a position that when it rises in the morning, it bursts over the trees and its rays shoot down the road.I live at the end o... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Completely New Mineral Discovered: Putnisite

  

  SourceIt's purple, translucent and goes by "putnisite." Discovered in Western Australia, putnisite contains the unusual elemental combination of strontium,... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Fear of the LORD is Clean

  

  The title is from Psalm 19 verse 9. It has an intrinsic beauty and a comprehensible truth that is evident but hard for puny man to describe. However, Spurgeon... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY