That brings me (Neil) to the first period of darkness for my family. When I was a pastor, our church became involved in an exciting building program. God had clearly guided us to a new property, and enabled us to build new facilities. Within months after those...
PERSONAL TESTIMONY I grew up in Michigan in a family of 14 children. My parents had 9 boys and 5 girls. We grew up in the church. When I was in 5th grade I heard the message that Jesus was knocking on the door of my heart and wanted to come in and would I let Him in?...
"Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. 'You also were with Jesus of Galilee,' she said. But he denied it before them all. 'I don't know what you're talking about,' he said. Then he went out to the gateway, where another girl saw...
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.” Romans 13:14Last summer a friend of mine was staying with us for a week in order to get some work done and one of the things we did during his visit for...
Traveling to Orlando by commuter plane, we had to fly through some low clouds-those lovely puffy clouds, in varying shades of white to light and medium gray. They all looked so beautiful from inside the airplane-so light, so fluffy, so safe. Yet we experienced mild to...
"You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." (1 John 4:4 HCSB)My husband just received his first pair of bifocals. They were long overdue. For the past several years, he's...
While camping in one of our favorite beaches this past summer, we noticed a sign with a bright red stripe running diagonally from the top to the bottom: "Swimming Unadvised!" Since this type of a warning is not exactly a welcome one when you are camping at the beach,...
