How would you feel if you planned a fancy dinner for a large number of your family and friends, but no one showed up? You sent out personal invitations, prepared a wonderful meal, decorated your house, and purchased gifts for each person invited. When everything was ready, you waited by the door with anticipation of …
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12 Days of Christmas {Gifts} – Day 2
A few Christmases ago, our family decided to do a “white elephant” gift exchange to cut back on the number of gifts we bought. This idea led to one of my favorite memories (which is strange, because the joke was on me). I am not a good shopper. I stand in the store paralyzed trying …
That Scarlet Cord
There’s no way around the obvious truth about the kind of woman Rahab was. We read her story in Joshua 2-6. The massive assembly of Israelites is poised to cross the Jordan River, finally ready to go in and possess the land as God promised them forty years earlier. The last of the rebellious generation …
From Adam To Noah
How much do you know about your grandparents? Great-grandparents? How about your great-great-great-great grandparents? Unless you actively engage in genealogy, you’re probably like me and know little to nothing about the generations that came before you. I think the main reason is that we have very short life spans! Before the flood, people lived a …
Are You A Busybody?
Are you a busybody? 2 Thessalonians 3:10-13 – For even when we were with you, we used to give this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like …