Monthly Archives: August, 2012
The King James Version Today
Last Saturday, August 25, I volunteered at the National Bible Bee. The Bible Bee is a program designed to help disciple families through Scripture memorization and book study. The program is done in a professional way in all details. During the summer months many children stop memorizing Bible verses due to the fact that many …
The Geneva Bible and the KJV
As promised a few weeks ago, I am now providing notes on the Geneva Bible. If you go back and read previous posts on the history of the English Bible, we were up to the exile of William Tyndale to foreign soil because of his intense desire that the common people of England have a …
Paul’s Prayer for the Colossians
Seven Requests Col. 1:9–14 There are seven requests in Paul’s prayer for the Colossians that will change lives: • May we be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. We can ask God to lead us to make the precise, exact decisions He wishes us to make. • …
The Meandering Mind
Today I spent some time going from store to store to be “the balloon lady.” Generally I turn the car radio to the Moody station and half listen and half think. Today I left the radio silent. I wanted time to think and to pray. Random thought 1: “I sure am glad for protection while …
The Educator
n 1975, homeschool education entered our little family. We lived a mere two blocks from the public school but decided to keep our little one home a bit longer. My friend, Margaret, taught high school science in the same school but she warned me about the Kindergarten teacher and advised we keep David home. Frankly, …
The Rose Trilogy, Book Review
Beverly Lewis has done it again. Lewis is good at writing a series that must be read in order of series. Although she reviews for the reader, it is just best to read the books in order. I have now come to the conclusion that I will always wait until the whole series is out …
Food stamps, Mom, and Me
This is taken from the “Huckabee Report” that I receive via Facebook: A humble baker is doing something politicians seldom have the guts to do: she’s standing up for the taxpayers, even if it costs her. A Farmer’s Market in Walpole, Massachusetts, started accepting electronic food stamp cards. But Andrea Tabor, owner of the Ever …
Learning from Rahab? You’re kidding, right? No.
Rahab carried the title, harlot, as if it were her last name. Yet, Rahab made some significant changes along her life’s pathway. Let’s investigate. Joshua 2:1-24 introduces us to Rahab under the circumstances of the first city to be taken by the Israelites after the Exodus. Jericho, the walled city seemed invincible so Joshua arranged …
No Brown Couches
When a person makes a tender, juicy, flavorful stew, it is usually the result of slow cooking. In the “olden” days stews and soups were common because they were no-fuss meals that simmered away on a back burner. Well, this topic is one that has been simmering for nearly twenty years! You will find it …
The Shepherd's Presence 