Welcome To THE NUGGET Playing Church August 11, 2020 "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me." (1 Corinthians 13:11 NIV) When I was five and my brother was four, we'd play church. We dressed up just like the grownups. My brother was the minister, and I was the organist. He'd stand on the kitchen table with ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Godly Lives August 8, 2020 Why do people become followers of Christ? It is an interesting question. I'm sure that there are as many answers as there are Christians to ask; but I suspect that a predominant answer would have something to do with Salvation. We accept Jesus as our Saviour because we want to go to Heaven. And I might add, this is an excellent reason to be ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Guard Your Eyes and Ears... August 6, 2020 "When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it." (Genesis 3:6a NIV) What we see and what we hear has a powerful influence on our thoughts and actions, and has had from the beginning of time. For instance, remember Eve? She was the first wom ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Leaving the Past Behind August 4, 2020 "That's him," my friend said. "It has to be him." The soft evening breeze at SeaWorld made the concert delightful. The band's catchy and familiar beat never got old, but the members of the 70's band sure did. "After all these years," she said, "who knew he'd be still playing." ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Modern-Day Mountain Moving...In Action! Mountain-Moving Faith, Conclusion August 1, 2020 It had been one of the most stressful fall seasons of our lives. First of all, my elderly mother was experiencing numerous different health problems, including what her physician was certain was colon cancer. Her hemoglobin was dangerously low, and she was also being investigated for a probable ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET But What If Our Stand in Faith Ends up In...Nothing? Mountain-Moving Faith, Part 6 July 30, 2020 So far in this series, we have seen Biblical definitions and examples of what mountain-moving faith looks like; but to date, we have focused on acts of faith that happened within the lifetime of the believer. What happens when we do take a stand in faith and our prayers are never answered? ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Faith of...Hannah! Mountain Moving Faith, Part 5 July 28, 2020 Last Saturday, in Mountain-Moving Faith, Part 4, we saw from the example of Simeon that mountain-moving faith not only waits in anticipation, never doubting that it will come, even when the promise is delayed, but it also recognizes the fulfillment of the promise without doubt and is so self-assured that there is absolutely no fear to tell people. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Simeon-Like Faith: Mountain-Moving Faith, Part 4 July 25, 2020 Last Thursday we saw that 'mountain-moving faith' is faith that does not require a sign (and certainly not three of them!); it does not question God and give excuses; and it does not demand to be delivered from the storms of life! So now that we have seen some examples of people who did not have mountain-mo ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET What Faith That Will Move a Mountain Is...NOT! Mountain Moving Faith, Part 3 July 23, 2020 Last Tuesday, in Mountain-Moving Faith, Part 3, we saw that mountain-moving faith is strong enough to drive you to do the illogical and push you into blind obedience. We also saw that mountain-moving faith doesn't need to be "great" or "perfect" faith. It doesn't mean we never doubt. It doesn't even have to be ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET More of What Faith to Move a Mountain Actually Looks Like: Mountain Moving Faith, Part 2 July 21, 2020 Last Tuesday we came to understand a partial definition of Mountain-Moving Faith. We saw that this type of faith is: 1) actually the evidence that what we are praying for will happen, and all the evidence we need lies in our believing in God's power and ability and love; 2) that faith is the assurance that God, ...Continue Reading