How to Stand out in a Crowd

Do you want to stand out in a crowd? Do you want your life to matter? Live on Purpose Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is...

Praying the Word – Colossians 1:1-6

Have you ever considered praying the Bible?  Below is my prayer for today based on Colossians 1:1-6.  I used a devotional format that is in Jean Fleming’s book, Feeding Your Soul (Amazon link) that I have previously written about here.  If you’ve never...

Does Your Outfit Match?

Have you ever noticed how children may pay a lot of attention to what they wear but not necessarily whether their outfit matches?  I my minds eye, I can see a little girl wearing a tiara, a sweatshirt, dingy jeans, a tutu, and rubber boots.  She’s cute but she...

Merry Christmas

Christmas is one of my favorite times of year.  This year was definitely different, but no exception.  You see, this is my first Christmas as a daddy. Looking back over the year – really, looking back over the decades – I can see how amazingly good God has...

It is regretted that the niceties of modern singing frighten our congregations from joining lustily in the hymns. For our part we delight in full bursts of praise, and had rather discover ruggedness of a want of musical training than miss the heartiness of universal congregational song. The gentility which lisps the tune in well-bred whispers, or leaves the singing altogether to the choir, is very likely a mockery of worship.

Charles Spurgeon / 1834-1892 (via Wayne Berry)

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