Welcome To THE NUGGET Right in Their Own Eyes: The Time Before the Kings, Conclusion By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 16, 2025 Last week, in The Time Before the Kings, Part 18, we learned from a horrific story of near genocide in Israel's history that we need to avoid the poisons of impulsivity at all costs by consulting with God before we act rashly! This story c ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Day After By: Kari Vo --------------------------------- August 14, 2025 "Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done .... Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not [kill you] by this time tomorrow.; Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life .... But [Elijah] went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat dow ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Price Tag August 13, 2025 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ~ John 3:16 NIV ~ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16 NIV) Sophie ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET With Laughter and Smiles By: Joseph Mazzella --------------------------------- August 12, 2025 "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength." (Proverbs 17:22 NLT) When I was a young boy every Summer Mom, Dad, my brothers and I would climb into our beat-up old car and drive 7 hours over curvy, mountain roads to visit my Mo ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Poisons of Impulsivity: The Time Before the Kings, Part 18 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 9, 2025 Last week, in The Time Before the Kings, Part 17, we learned from a strange story about Micah and his idol that we must take every step possible to keep our lives pure, for in so doing, we will never have to worry about being responsible for causing others to sin! ...Continue Reading

Welcome ToTHE NUGGETThe Pink SocksBy: Alice Burnett ---------------------------------August 7, 2025   Have you ever accidentally put a coloured item into a white wash? Sometimes you can get away with it, especially if you wash with cold or lukewarm water. But our family was using a washing machine in Slovakia, and I had decided to use the hot water cycle to get the boys' socks really clean. What I didn't know was that the washer actually heated the water to the boiling point, reminiscent of ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Lost in the Rules By: Kari Vo --------------------------------- August 5, 2025 "And the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him [Jesus], 'Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with [unwashed] hands?' And He said to them, 'Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Just One Little Sin: The Time Before the Kings, Part 17 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 2, 2025 Last week, in The Time Before the Kings, Part 16, we learned from the story of Samson that arrogance will eventually lead to total destruction, and there is ultimate punishment for us when we take God's glory upon ourselves. After the story of Sam ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET A Sure Thing By: Kari Vo --------------------------------- July 31, 2025 "Then God said to Noah ... 'Behold, I establish My covenant with you and your offspring after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark ... never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth. ... I have set My ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Pray and Don't Stop By: Paul Smyth --------------------------------- July 29, 2025 When you pray, does it sometimes feel as though God hears your prayers, but then just as quickly forgets them when answers don’t come as expediently as you believe they should? I openly admit that I’ve got an entire closet filled with those T-shirts, and to be entirely forthcoming with you, I’ve been recently wearin ...Continue Reading