It’s a privilege living in northern Michigan. We enjoy beautiful scenery everywhere we look. Opportunities are numerous for outdoor activities like biking, hiking, swimming and more. We also enjoy several beautiful state parks nearby. There’s also Higgins Lake, which is the best place we know of for swimming and boating. We try to enjoy the […]
Six Powerful Bullet Points on Prayer
It’s Valentine’s Day, and everyone is talking about love and showing their love for one another in special ways. With all the talk of love today I’m thinking even more than usual about how little I deserve God’s love. I know He loves me — I’m so thankful and a bit overwhelming. I wanted to […]
Read the Old Books – Great Advice
Matthew Barrett over at Credo Magazine writes about reading the time tested old books. He challenges that we ought to be reading the primary sources first, not last. Like reading a commentary on the Gospel of Luke before you read the Gospel of Luke. Don’t do that. He also challenges that we might prefer reading […]
C. H. Spurgeon Documentary and Four Great Resources
This is a well made dramatic documentary of the life of C. H. Spurgeon: The People’s Preacher. The DVD can be purchased here. Check out these other Spurgeon websites for many of his sermons: spurgeongems.org spurgeon.org And these are a couple of Spurgeon books that would be a worthy investment: Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon […]
I Feel Like Quitting – What Should I Do?
Photo by: paul (Creative Commons) Do you feel like quitting? Do you feel like you’ve worked for the Lord as hard as you can and the difficulties don’t lessen but only seem to worsen? I’ve had, and have, difficulties and challenges. Some of them ministry related. Some of them personal weaknesses and failures related to […]
A Praise and a Thank You
I have time for a quick note today so I wanted to share with you a praise and a thank you. I praise the Lord for our days of prayer which so many of you participated in during the first eight days of 2012. I heard from some, of the great encouragement they received during their times […]