The Israelites, safe on Canaan’s side of the Red Sea, celebrated a wonderful time of thanksgiving.  The fifteenth chapter of Exodus contains the Song of Moses, a hymn of genuine thanks to God for Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage. What a marvelous Thanksgiving Day that must have been! Unfortunately, their attitude of gratitude was short-lived: 

   Fanny Crosby serves as a wonderful example of gratitude.  This most unusually talented lady, blind from the age of six, spent a lifetime writing the words to a good many of the songs in our hymnal.  As a child, she penned the following lines:         Oh, what a happy child I

Through troubles and struggles, Through stress and through strain, Through seasons of sorrow, And headaches and pain; I have a true helper; To calm and console. My God is my refuge, He shelters my soul. When life feels uncertain, When days are unsure, When all the world seems So stained and impure; I look to

–Author Not Known– We finally made it in the nick of time!  (Wonder if Junior brought his dime?) Is HE going to lead singing?!…We need a change! He sings too fast and has too high a range. My it’s hot — and fans don’t help much… with all of the standing, singing, and such! Who’s

Jehoram, King of Judah and son of Jehoshaphat, was a scoundrel if ever there was one.  Upon taking the throne he had all his brothers killed, along with some of the princes.  He “did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.”  (2 Chronicles 21:6.)  He reigned over Judah for eight miserable years and

Many New Testament truths are stated in paradoxical form.  A paradox has been loosely defined as “truth standing on its head,” and more exactly explained by Webster as “a statement that seems contradictory, unbelievable, or absurd but that may actually be true in fact.”  When Jesus speaks of the last being first and the first

Did you know that centuries ago when ancient copyists of Scriptures came to God’s name, they would put new pens into their writing instruments, take a bath, and change clothes before they would copy the name? A bit extreme?  Perhaps.  But think for a moment.  Which extreme is more dangerous, that of being overly cautious

As members of the body of Christ, we believe firmly in the authority of Christ as head, as that authority is expressed within the pages of the New Testament.  Everything we do “in word or deed” must be done “in the name” – by the authority – of the Lord.  (Colossians 3:17.)  To move beyond

This world seems bent on self-destruction, which makes us all the more thankful this world is not our home.  With Paul, we proclaim our “citizenship” to be in “heaven.”  (Philippians 3:20 ASV.)  And with Paul we embrace this undeniable truism:  “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men

Sometime back I was given a business card which had a picture of a hearse on one side.  The caption read, “You may tie your shoestrings in the morning, but the undertaker may untie them before night.” I know.  You don’t have to say it.  You don’t like to think about death.  The thought leaves