A Disputing or Quiet Spirit?

Do all things without murmurings and disputings: – Philippians 2:14 There is very much meaning in that old English word murmur; just sound it,—it is murmur. Any child can say that; it is one of the easiest words to speak; and that is why, I think, we have that word for complaining and grumbling, because [...]

The World in the Christian

Christian! It is not the ship in the water, but the water in the ship, which sinks it. So it is not the Christian in the world, but the world in the Christian, which constitutes the danger. Anything which dims my vision of Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps my [...]

Christian Romance Novels Revisited

A couple years ago on my old blog I wrote this post on the Dangers of Christian Romance Novels. I then felt compelled to re-post it again last year. While I was going over old posts in my old blog to eventually close it down, I noted I had several comments I had failed to [...]

An Angry Countenance

“The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.” Proverbs 25:23 There is a use for everything. There is a use for the north wind, and for an angry countenance. Rough visaged, ungainly messengers both are; but when sent on necessary errands, they fulfil their mission well. When David wanted [...]

5 Tips to Attain Success in 2010

Around the first of the year I found various lists on how to make the New Year better. Lists for more wealth. Lists for more happiness. Lists for more time. Lists for a better love life. And on and on it goes. While each of these lists was good in their own right, I felt [...]

Prescription from God

The past several months I’ve struggled with health issues. I have studied and researched numerous ailments. Too many are vague with no known cause. All are real to the person suffering from the disease. After a visit to the Doctor and $600 worth of blood tests run (OUCH!) we discovered that I was extremely deficient [...]