History, Real Life and Faith
The Importance of Devotions: Bible Reading This part 2 of a series. You can read part 1 here. The most important part of my daily devotions is reading the Bible. The Bible is the Word of God, “inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness” (2 Tim 3:16; NASB) and “is living and powerful, and sharper than…
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Maureen Lang’s The Summer Harvest Bride takes readers to a unique part of rural 1851 Illinois where a grist mill is being built. As included in The 12 Brides of Summer Collection, it’s a companion to her Christmas novella The Gift Wrapped Bride. Pretty Sally, the shy young girl who played Mary in the nativity pageant, has grown up in…
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The Importance of Having Daily Devotions or a Quiet Time (Four part talk given at New Life Church, Ukiah, CA; June 18, 2016) The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him.… We have to pitch our tents where we shall always have quiet times with God, however noisy…
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Did you know the apostle Paul met an angel? Everyone knows angels filled the sky when Jesus was born, and they turned up from time to time in the Bible to encourage believers in the one true God. But Paul? He met Jesus on the road to Damascus. He was given visions and breathless escapes. Why did he need an angel?…
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Have you ever unwittingly discovered yourself an expert? My friend Shirley was having one of those crazy days. She’d worked a long shift at the hospital, needed to stop at Walmart, the post office, the grocery store and the gas station before winding up the hillside to her home on a hot day. She was bushed when she got home,…
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One of the themes I examined in The Sunbonnet Bride was the difference between running a business or a charity. It’s a concept Sally struggles with when a local calamity runs into her dreams and ambitions. Sally took a job working for a Fairhope seamstress with hopes of opening her own shop one day. Creating clever hats were at the heart of her…
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