When Surrender Means Victory
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’ — Jeremiah…
Don’t Leave Home Without It
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Make plans by seeking advice. . .Proverbs 20:18a Our flight was delayed—eventually cancelled. The rush to get everything done with work and home in order to get out-of-town had left…
Mother’s Day Perspective
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’S great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every…
Dirt Gets a Bad Rap
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,…
Joshua James, the “Greatest Lifesaver”
Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. — John 15:13 I guess I thought that search and rescue had always been part of the U.S. Coast Guard. Truth is I really…
“Don’t Do It . . . . God.”
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.” —Proverbs 6:32 Have you seen those billboards across America which are black with white lettering—with “messages” from…
The Old Ways—Still Work!
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Righteous are You, O LORD, and Your laws are right. The statutes You have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy. . . .Your promises have been thoroughly tested,…
The “Nevers”
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. The Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in Me will never be thirsty. . …
A Man After God’s Own Heart
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Paul said, “After removing Saul, He made David their king. He (God) testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will…
Conquering Resentment
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests,…