Book Review: Secrets of the Happy Soul
Katie Orr does a wonderful job of inspiring and uplifting in her book Secrets of the Happy Soul. As someone who struggles with depression, this book provides tips and strategies to help me cope and…
Fathers in the Bible: Judah, the Unreliable Father
Judah was one of the sons of Jacob and is the line from which the Messiah descends. But, what do we know about him as a father? “here Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite…
Hope in the Bible: Hannah Trusted for a Child
Have you ever longed for something the ache was unbearable? Hannah did. She longed to be a mother. Matters were only made worse when her husband’s other wife kept having children and taunting her for…
Song Story: He Looked Beyond My Faults and Saw My Needs
This beautiful song was written around 1970 by Dottie Rambo. Dottie felt inspired to write a song about the grace of God, but had been unable to finish the song. After a concert,…
Names of God: El Hakabodh
El Hakabodh means the God of Glory. The voice of the Lord is over the waters;the God of glory (El Hakabodh) thunders,the Lord thunders over the mighty waters. Psalm 29:3
Book Review: Before I Call You Mine
Lauren Bailey is tired of one heartache after another. She sets out to fulfill her greatest desire to become a mother. However, she’s blindsided by substitute teacher, Joshua Avery. He relentlessly pursues her, until she…
Book Review: More Than We Remember
In More than We Remember by Christian Suzann Nelson three women’s lives collide on one night. Addison Kilbourn’s husband is involved in a car accident leaving a woman dead and more secrets than answers. Emilia…
Fathers in the Bible: Jacob, the Father of Many Sons
Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebekah and has a twin brother, Esau. “Jacob is an outstanding illustration of the presence and conflict of the two natures within a believer. Similar to Dr. Jekyll…
Uncertainty in Bible: Job Loses Everything
Job went through some very uncertain and difficult times. When we meet him, he is blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil. {Job 1:1} He is described as “the greatest man among all the people…
Behind the Song: Redemption Draweth Nigh
Scripture promises Jesus will return and only God in heaven knows the day and hour. Not even Jesus or the angels know when he will return. {Mark 13:32} Luke 21:28 says, “And when these things…
Fathers of the Bible: Isaac, father who played favorites
Isaac was the favored and long promised son of Abraham and his wife, Sarah. The name Isaac means laughter. “Isaac is one of the few cases in the Bible in which God selected a name…
Hope in the Bible: Gideon Wins the Battle
The Israelites have done evil in God’s eyes and been enslaved to the Midianites for seven years. Crying out in despair the Lord hears their cries. {Judges 6:1-2} He chooses Gideon and tells him to…
Behind the Hymn: Blessed Redeemer
Harry Dixon Loes, was a popular music teacher at the Moody Bible Institute for almost three decades in the early 20th Century.One day he was listening to a sermon on Christ’s atonement, titled “Blessed Redeemer”.…
Fathers of the Bible: Abraham, father of Nations
Abraham was ten generations from Noah, through the line of Shem. We meet Abraham when he is Abram. The name Abram means exalted father and Abraham the father of many. He is 75 and living…
Uncertain Times in the Bible: Lot flees Sodom and Gomorrah
Lot and Noah have a lot in common, in the fact they lived among evil people. When the Lord told Abraham he was going to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham begged him…
Behind the Song: If We Never Meet Again
Elvis recorded the song If We Never Meet Again on his 1960 album His Hand in Mine. The song was written by Albert E. Brumley. Brumley was born near Spiro, Oklahoma in 1905. His childhood…
Fathers of the Bible: Noah, father of Clans
We are all familiar with the story of Noah and the Ark. Noah was the 6x great-grandson of Seth and 7x great-grandson of Adam. The name Noah means rest or repose. Noah was 500 years…
Hope in the Bible: Sarah Has a Son
Can you imagine the joy within Sarah’s heart as she held her son for the first time? Many women long for children and undergo a variety of testing and treatments before they experience the joy…
Behind the Mother’s Day Hymn: Hail Queen of Heaven
In recognition of Mother’s Day, Hail Queen of Heaven is a song about the Virgin Mary.Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star is a Marian hymn, which means it is focused on the Virgin Mary.…
Fathers of the Bible: Adam, the first Father
Over the past years we have studied Mothers, Daughters and Sons in the Bible. This year, we are studying Fathers in the Bible. Where better to start than with the first father, Adam. Adam, the…