“Brethren I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before…” Phil. 3:13 There are many pressures in life. Some pressure that destroys, some that build us up. We can appreciate the value of pressure when we see a tourniquet stopping the flow of…

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. . . .      Isa. 9:6       My most favorite season of the year is Christmas.  I love everything about it.  The music lifts my spirits.  The sights brighten up the normally drab and gloomy land scape.  The many wonderful smells conjure up so very many childhood memories.  The old…

     “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness: by his wounds (strips KJV) you have been healed.”                                                                                                     I Peter 2: 24     Thursday night as Barbara and I drove to the semi-annual associational meeting at Brushy Fork Baptist Church my cell phone rang.  On the…

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.                                                     Matt. 5:15      One of Barbara’s favorite things is light houses.  She has them all over our home, in the yard, on the car, big ones, little ones, lighted ones, etc.  All kinds and…

 “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.  In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”                                                                                John 16: 33        “In this world ye shall have tribulation.”  It seems that this statement is as true today as it has ever been – maybe even more…

For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10 The Scripture above tells us that Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. In another place Jesus said as my Father hath sent me even so send I you. At this writing we are (in obedience to His command) in Hinova, Romania…

“Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”       This month will see the realization of a five year old dream of mine.  That dream was to see a church built in a tiny village in the Carpathian Mountains of Southern Romania.  Five years ago on an evaluation…

“And they said unto him, where wilt thou that we prepare?”   Luke 22:9 The context of this scripture finds Jesus and his disciples in the city of Jerusalem at the time of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It is actually the day of what we know as  the Last Supper. Jesus had instructed Peter and John to go into the city…