Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR A Skipping Vinyl Record July 6, 2025 ...Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ Ephesians 5:18b-20 NIV ~ "...Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Every Action: The Time Before the Kings, Part 13  By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- July 5, 2025 Last week, in The Time Before the Kings, Part 12, we learned from the story of Gideon that we need to put aside our petty differences so that we can rise up and support one another and also the leaders God has placed over us. Only in unity can we stand! ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Be the Aroma of Life By: Alice Burnett ---------------------------------- July 3, 2025 I spent most of my childhood and teen years in Port Alberni, British Columbia. The forest industry boomed in the 1950's, and a large pulp mill and three other mills dominated the economy of the town. The pulp mill in its pulp and paper making process would release gaseous sulfur compounds into the air. At that t ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET God Is Never Late By: Paul Smyth --------------------------------- July 1, 2025 Have you ever found yourself in a desperate situation, so much so that you had absolutely no clue of how you were going to get out of it? Have you been repeating the same prayers to God over and over again, begging him to pull you from the quicksand and plant your feet on solid ground? Without hesitation, I can te ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET We Were Victorious ... Why Isn't Everyone Happy? The Time Before the Kings, Part 12  By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- June 28, 2025 Last week, in The Time Before the Kings, Part 11, we learned from the story of Gideon that God's strength can only shine the brightest when it is paired with our own weakness! Gideon's story from here ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Why Were We Created?  By: Kathy Keller ----------------------------------------------- June 24, 2025 "Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made." (Isaiah 43:7 ESV) "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." (Ephe ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET What Do You Mean, Too Many? The Time Before the Kings, Part 11 By: Lyn Chaffart ----------------------------------------------- June 21, 2025 Last week, in The Time Before the Kings, Part 10, we learned from the story of Jephthah and his daughter that you need to be careful what you vow to God! But more than this, fathers need to treat their children with love, and children (even the graying ones! ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Bearing Fruit By: Carol Geisler ----------------------------------------------- June 19, 2025 "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His Law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Praying for Others  By: Kari Vo ----------------------------------------------- June 17, 2025 "On that day, when evening had come, He [Jesus] said to them, 'Let us go across to the other side.' And leaving the crowd, they took Him with them in the boat, just as He was. And other boats were with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET A Cruel Father? The Time Before the Kings, Part 10 By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------- June 14, 2025 Last week, in “Testing God? The Time Before the Kings, Part 9”, we saw that is that it's okay to ask God for a sign. He is patient, He understands our need to be sure. However, how much happier it would make Him ... How much more blessed we would be! ... if we would believe without needin ...Continue Reading