I attended my first homeschool conference when my oldest child was only two years old. (Let’s just say I’m a little eager in the homeschooling department.) Anyways, I bought some CD’s of workshops given by Rick and Marilyn Boyer, who were featured speakers at the conference that year. The Boyers, who have a double-digit number [...]
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22 Jan
Motivation for Godly Living
I’m currently rereading the book The Practice of Godliness by Jerry Bridges with a small group of ladies from my church. In the first chapter of the book, Bridges talks about devotion to God being the motivation for godly living. He says: Devotion to God, then is the mainspring of godly character. And this devotion [...]
16 Dec
Ministering God’s Word to One Another
This past week I went to a ladies meeting at a neighboring church. A husband and wife were speaking about a recent crisis they had been through involving a terrible accident in which the husband was severely injured. His wife spoke at some length about her experience through the whole ordeal and shared how the [...]
20 Nov
A Puritan Prayer for Thanksgiving
O MY GOD, Thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects, my heart admires, adores, loves thee, for my little vessel is as full as it can be, and I would pour out all that fullness before thee in ceaseless flow. When I think upon and converse with thee ten thousand delightful thoughts spring up, ten [...]
27 Aug
The William Tyndale Story
This weekend I watched The William Tyndale Story of the Torchlighters DVD series Heroes of the Faith. It was excellent! It’s an animated film for children ages 8-12. However the DVD contains as an extra feature an interview with Dr. David Daniell, a Tyndale scholar. This interview is more like a documentary and it would [...]
16 Aug
Primetime
Consider the following scenario: Let’s say someone wants to “not shelter” their children from the ways of the world. So they’re going to sit them down in front of an average sitcom or show on primetime television. (Note: they may have a better chance of exposing their child to homosexuality if they choose a sitcom [...]
11 Aug
Homemaking courses?
My comments follow the article: Southern Baptist Seminary to Often Academic Program in Homemaking By ROSE FRENCH Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offers coursework in Greek and Hebrew, in archaeology, in the philosophy of religion and _ starting this fall _ in how to cook and sew. One of the [...]
11 Aug
It is I by Octavius Winslow (1808-1878)
I found the following excerpt from a sermon by Octavius Winslow so comforting. To think that everything that God does will be for His glory and ultimately our good! It is I (public domain) The following is from Octavius Winslow’s sermon, “Be Not Afraid Or, The Voice of Jesus in the Storm” “Take courage! It [...]
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