What a year! It is clear that COVID-19 has had an effect on my posting this year. Overall, my family and I have been blessed to avoid the virus, but that doesn’t mean that this year has had no impact on us. A lot of things have happened this year,…
Tag: Christianity
On a Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Many have sung the beautiful hymn, “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind” for many years, not knowing of the longer poem from which it came. Here is an overview of the poem (titled “The Brewing of Soma”) taken from Wikipedia: The storyline is of Vedic priests brewing and drinking Soma in an…
On a Hymn: God Reigns Over the Nations
Listen to “God Reigns Over the Nations” here: God reigns over the nations;God sits on His holy throne. Psalm 47:8 Daniel 2 records the prophet interpreting a prophetic dream of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, a dream predicting four successive kingdoms. History would record these as the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian, and…
On a Hymn: Make Me Like the Moon
About six years ago, I wrote a hymn entitled, “Make Me Like the Moon.” In this first “On a Hymn” post, I will talk about a bit of the story and meaning behind this hymn. First, you can listen to a recording of this song from the singers on the…
A Study Through: 1 Thessalonians: Chapter 1
For this study, we will follow five steps: Read the chapter through Pick a key verse for the chapter Summarize and discuss each verse Apply it to our lives Pray specific things from what we learned I will be using the New King James Version in this study. First, we…
Preachers’ Page: Life is in the Blood
Leviticus is a much-maligned and often-ignored book of the Old Testament. It has been jokingly said that Leviticus is where yearly reading plans go to die. Leviticus can be a tedious read, but a good Bible student will patiently study from it. The Bible student who does study Leviticus will…
Salt, Light, and Fruit
Have you ever had food that was bland, but with a little salt became much better? Have you ever been in a dark room and realized how much light even a small candle flame could produce? Have you ever been able to tell a lot about a person’s heart by…
Christmas Eve 1968
Then, after all the horrifying events of the year, the space program accomplishes the unimaginable: Apollo 8 sends three astronauts to orbit the Moon. The mission is a success and the largest world audience to that day was watching and listening as those three men marveled at the sight of…