Turning tears into a song…

Isaiah 12:1 And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song; he also [...]

Cowkillers, Snake Doctors and Mud Puppies

Growing up in a rural, Southern area meant I had lots of long, hot summer days with plenty of time for exploring. Now, there was plenty of work to do where I grew up, and work I did, once I became a teenager. But not much before then—summers meant time off from school and time [...]

Our source of blessing…

Psalm 32:1 “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”
God’s forgiveness is the source of our blessing. Through His grace, we may experience happiness! Isn’t this truly good news?  God the Father wants us to experience joy and peace through His Son. 
Blessed literally means “happy”.  Forgiveness of sin brings about a condition [...]

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1 “The Lord is my Shepherd…”
            One of the most beautiful titles of Jesus is that of the “Good Shepherd.”  In ancient Christian art, this was one of the favorite ways to depict Him.  He is our shepherd, and he wants to guide, lead, and care for each one of us.  We can speak [...]

Obedience…

Here is a guest “blog” from the Parson’s Lovely Wife:
Every time we look in the Bible, read it or hear it preached or taught, we are in for a lifechanging event. A recent Sunday School lesson was no exception for me. We were reading in Genesis about Abraham and when God asked him to sacrifice his only [...]

Of Goats and Greed…

In 2004, one of our little barn yard inhabitants, “Vincent Van Goat,” a Nigerian Dwarf goat, broke into our chicken pen, unbeknownst to us.  Before we found him, “Vince” ate a copious amount of chicken feed.   Consequently, he developed an acute and sometimes fatal condition that we learned was called acidosis.  In layman’s terms (and [...]

Sacrifice & Thanksgiving

Psalm 116:17  “I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.”

 
The Hebrew word for sacrifice here is “zebach.”  It is used many times in the Old Testament, and it is often the word used to refer to the annual Passover meal.  Its root meaning is “slaughter.”  [...]

What Makes Jesus Sigh?

The Gospel According to St. Mark 8:10-21  And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth [...]

What is an Evangelical, anyway?

What is an “evangelical?”  That’s a question that is on the mind of many these days. In this presidential election year, many candidates are said to be after the “evangelical” vote, and that phrase has many church-going people wondering “what is that, and am I one?”
First, let’s do a little word study on the term [...]

Frontier Faith

 
Over the Labor Day holiday, the Parson, his Lovely Wife and children all went to Fort Boonesborough in Madison County, KY. The fort is a “replica” of sorts–a facsimilie of what the original Ft. Boonesborough was like. The original was gone by the 1840s, as the movie we watched there explained. Boonesborough is the namesake of Daniel [...]