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An Exciting Announcement: Journey With Moody
The life and ministry of D.L. Moody has always been a great challenge to me. This humble servant of God knew the power of the Holy Spirit and was used to shake two continents with the gospel. Perhaps his greatest work was in enlisting others to work for Christ. The Lord used Moody to set so much in motion for eternity. I would like for you to travel with me this summer to the home and headquarters of this faithful preacher. On Friday, July 5, 2019 we will conduct a special heritage tour of D.L. Moody’s Life and Ministry. Our Journey with Moody will begin at his birthplace, continue through his ministry at Northfield, Massachusetts and Mt. Hermon, stop off at the great…
Read MoreGUEST POST: “A Goodly Heritage”
My first guest author this year is my pastor and hero. He has been my best friend all of my life. I am grateful for dad’s testimony of faithfulness. He has lived at home what he preaches at church. As we focus on marriage and family this month I am happy to share with you a few of his thoughts on the home, and pray that they will be a blessing to you as they have been to me… I grew up in a Christian home and thank God for the instruction and influence of my parents. Our family really never had much, as far as material possessions, but we were certainly blessed. My father was a preacher and when…
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It all started in the mountain state so near to my own heart. Anna Jarvis began to send carnations to her local church in Grafton, West Virginia in honor of her mother. They were her mother’s favorite. Anna never had children of her own but she set something in motion for generations of children to come. Miss Jarvis enthusiastically lobbied for a holiday to honor mothers in the United States. By May of 1914 President Woodrow Wilson had signed the resolution declaring the second Sunday in May, “Mother’s Day.” The idea was actually not Anna’s. It began with her mother. Mother’s are powerful people. They wield more influence than can be stated. Abraham Lincoln declared, “All that I am, or…
Read MoreFor Christian Young People: You ARE Missing Out!
“A prudent wife is from the Lord.” This verse means more to me the longer I am married. Tammy and I were driving along in the car recently. The kids were strangely quiet in the back seat and we were talking. About nothing. About everything. I really don’t remember how we came to the topic but she began to talk about how much she appreciated all that her parents had instilled in her. They were saved when she was just a little girl and had worked hard to teach her and her siblings that the world held nothing for them. The scars of sin were not worth the pleasure of sin. With emotion she said to me, “People without God…
Read MoreRemembering
Just a few days ago I had the privilege of being back where I grew up in West Virginia. It was refreshing to walk around my grandparents farm again and enjoy a meal that only mom could make just right. I walked the halls of the school that I attended from the time I was four until high school graduation, and spent an extra moment in the classroom where I first trusted the Lord Jesus as my Saviour. Memories are precious things. My sister and I took a drive through the cemetery where all of our grandparents are now buried. I have never missed them as I do now. When we are young we do not fully realize the treasure…
Read MoreMy Thoughts on the In-Laws
I am sitting in Michigan this morning listening to the wind howl outside. Eighteen years ago I started making regular trips to the great white north. Not to see the sights or exchange ideas with people who speak a different dialect than me. No. It was a much bigger reason. You see, the love of my life grew up here. There is an old western song that says, “I met a girl from Saginaw, Michigan.” That’s me. Now all of these years (and three children) later, here I am. A West Virginia boy sitting in the midst of Yankee land…and loving every minute of it. As I have grown older I have come to appreciate more and more the influences…
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