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• Why Are There So Many Natural Disasters?

  

  Irma devastated the island of St Marten. CNN photoI posted the other day in my essay "Is it the Birth Pangs?" that natural disasters have always been with us.... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• In My Seat: a 9/11 Pilot's Story and the Providence of God

  

  God is in sovereign control of every single thing on this earth, in heaven, and throughout the universe. He is at work providentially, invisibly. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Examples of a Spineless Gospel Presentation

  

  Here are two men, both preachers of God's word, both with church flocks, both well known. One is known for his falsity and prosperity gospel and has a poor... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture Mixture Tuesday: Kids' Digital Footprint, Bacon, 9/11, Piano, Gelato,...

  

  There are lots of people in my area without power from yesterday and into today due to the remnants of Hurricane Irma passing north through the state of Georgia... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Why is It So Hard to Pray?

  

  We're commanded in many places in scripture to pray. We have the duty of continual communion with Him. And yet, so often we don't pray as we ought. Why is... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Is It the Birth Pangs?

  

  Tuscany was lashed with torrential rains and floods. There were fatalities.Bangalore is flooded. Water levels rose over 5 feet. And it's drought season.Mexico... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Biblical Doctrine Study Week 1 Thoughts

  

  Are you desiring to try a thorough study in Systematic Theology but don't know where to start? Have you excitedly bought or were given the John MacArthur/Richar... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Biblical Doctrine: Ladies, Study Along with Jessica Pickowicz, &...

  

  Ladies, Jessica Pickowicz, wife of Nate Pickowicz, who authored Why We're Protestant and Reviving New England, wrote a Bible study to go along with MacArthur's... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture Mixture Saturday

  

  Neat pictures from around the web for you. I plan to make this a regular feature.From Dr Steven Lawson's Instagram (drstevenjlawson):"Here is a great picture... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Lower Pool of Solomon: Ancient Photo

  

  Most of the changes that have occurred in the Middle East in Israel's area occurred after the early 1900s when loads of immigrants resettled there subsequent... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Who Was Asaph?

  

  We read the Psalms and think of David. Slayer of giants, musician, singer, King, David was a man after God's own heart. He was multi-talented and wrote many of... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• His Mercy is More

  

  Our music leader introduced a new-to-us song this past Sunday. This is a new-ish contemporary hymn written by Matt Papa and Matt Boswell. I loved it. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Dancing at the Pour-off

  

  Camping is fun ... as long as I don't have to sleep on the ground, lol. In the mid 1990s my husband and I bought a WV Westphalia pop-up Camper van and we... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The House on the Rock

  

  The Ocean State is aptly named Growing up in Rhode Island in the 1960s was a fun experience. The nations' smallest state is beautiful and the ocean and bay is... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What Does Prayer Do?

  

  Sometimes we pray and we feel energized and sense that the presence of the Lord is close by. Other times, we feel dry and cracked, parched. We feel that the Lor... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Prata Potpourri: Kitchens, Books, Encouragement, Eclipse- More

  I hope you all have had a really good week. We started school on July 31 and this is the first week I feel like I've got a handle on things, lol. My body has... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Husband Feels the Call to Pastor, Wife is Reluctant

  

  The gift from Jesus of a Godly husband is one that is among the highest in all of Christendom. I was reading the 9Marks Mailbag, where people send in questions... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Deborah Raney's Above All Things

  

  My summer began at Memorial Day. My summer break from school ended a month ago, when I returned to work on July 31. I'd been making the most of the time off,... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Worst Example of Fake News

  

  There is a concern with #fakenews these days. It's news that is written to be deliberately misleading, biased, or circulated knowingly with purposes to outrage... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Seeking Jesus: My Experience with 'life Between Lives' Hypnotherapy

  

  Popular Christianity makes it seem like entering the Kingdom of God is easy. You float airy-fairy into it, light and happy and joyful and basking in love. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY