I received a letter from a missionary in a closed country (hostile to the Gospel) who asked us to pray for a brother in that closed country. Here’s the letter as translated from our missionary (places are not listed and names have been modified):
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Read the rest of this entry »
You can read the article here.
It’s been an rough 24 hours here in Grand Ledge. The first storm stomped through at 11:00 Saturday night - leaving me with frazzled children and a mangled trampoline wrapped around one of our Maples. The dawn’s early light showed us the damage concealed by the darkness - Two 40+ year old Blue Spruces uprooted and laying in my neighbor’s yard, but no one hurt. Read the rest of this entry »
I stumbled (Piper on G.K. Chesterton) upon this quote by G.K. Chesterton today:
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.” (Orthodoxy) Read the rest of this entry »
I think you’ll find this website interesting: you’vebeenleftbehind.com. And yes, it’s exactly what you think it is - a website that will send up to 62 people an email 6 days after the Rapture. I’m guessing they hold a pre-tribulation view of the final days. They also will send these recipients any documents you wish to store on line. Read the rest of this entry »
Make sure you pray for the Chapman family as they grieve. Here’s a brief report on the memorial service.
HT: Chris Brauns
One of my good friends, Brian Flowerday, reminded me of this quote about the horrendous impact on children of marriages that are not Christ centered and the likely endgame of such marriages: divorce.
The spiritual malformation of children is the inevitable result. Their little souls, bodies, and minds cannot but absorb the reality of assault and withdrawal in a climate where their parents or other adults are constantly engaged in them. And of course they are soon in the line of fire themselves. They soon are being attacked and frozen out. In such context you can almost see the children shrivel. Read the rest of this entry »
I broke a tooth last week and griped a bit. I even had a little pity party about my now missing molar. All the while others from Myanmar and China suffer great loss and devastating hardship. I’m so self centered. Read the rest of this entry »
Johnny Cash can teach us a few things about temptation and fighting the good fight. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyndale, Wycliffe, and Spurgeon must be spinning in their graves.
A recent report predicts that Christianity in Great Britain (in its present form) will continue on a steep decline making us wonder what Tyndale died for? Read the rest of this entry »
