Category: Between the Lines – Blogs
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
The last year has been a year of troubling times, no doubt. We’ve faced lots of changes. Elders have had to make many decisions about how to handle these difficult times within their congregations. But what I want to talk about today is how we as women, individual Christians, should handle troubling times. In Job…
Day 12: Psalm 119:89-96
A Daily Study of Psalm 119 (NKJV) Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God “Psalms 119 is an acrostic to end all acrostics! There are twenty-two strophes (paragraphs), corresponding to the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the strophes has eight lines (verses), and every one of the lines in each…
Day 11: Psalm 119:81-88
A Daily Study of Psalm 119 (NKJV) Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God “Psalms 119 is an acrostic to end all acrostics! There are twenty-two strophes (paragraphs), corresponding to the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the strophes has eight lines (verses), and every one of the lines in each…
In the Right Place
“The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us” 1 Peter 3:21 During Spring Break we had the joy of going with our grandchildren to the ArkEncounter in Kentucky. For those who have never been or don’t know about it, it is areproduction of Noah’s ark, comparable in size to what God commanded…
Loving Judas
“The true test of a Christian is not loving Jesus but loving Judas” sEEN ON FACEBOOK This caught my attention and made me stop and think. How could I love a theif? How could I love a liar? How could I love a traitor? Judas, was an Apostle chosen by Jesus. He had a love…
Who do YOU trust?
Who do you trust? This was a game a TV game show in the late 50’s and early 60’s. The name of the show still resonates in my present day observations. There is propaganda in all media right now trying to persuade Americans how to think and react. Who is right? What is right? How…
Over Fed
A lot of Americans seem to be over fed and underworked. Gyms today are full of customers trying to find a physical balance in eating and exercise. I wonder if spiritually we over stress daily Bible reading and study and under emphasize what James had to say about faith without works. There probably are Christian…
Day 10: Psalm 119:73-80
A Daily Study of Psalm 119 (NKJV) Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God “Psalms 119 is an acrostic to end all acrostics! There are twenty-two strophes (paragraphs), corresponding to the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the strophes has eight lines (verses), and every one of the lines in each…
Couch Potatoes
“Couch Potatoes “ are mentioned in the Bible. What? Where? No way you might say! Think about a potato stored in a pantry. If it’s not used within a reasonable time, it will sprout white warts, shrivel and stink. An able bodied Christian who habitually chooses to stay home on Sunday and watch worship services…
Not Your Body
I recently saw a picture of a teen-age girl holding a protest sign that said, “My body is only mine.” The claim of women who want to abort babies has been, “It’s my body…Keep the government away from my body…It’s my decision.” Consider this concept from a Christian’s point of view. Is it really my…