Some milestones in our children’s lives stick with us. I cannot forget teaching our children to read — a pleasure that continues as I help our youngest son. I remember the weight of my charge to help my young children’s developing minds grasp written language! This skill enables them to read God’s word for themselves.…
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But I will send a fire and the Lion will roar.
But I will send a fire and the Lion will roar. Posted by appolus on July 16, 2023 I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies lead them astray, which their fathers followed: But I will send a…
Man Cannot Live on Feeds Alone: The Christian Diet for a Digital Age
Many of us see and hear more information in a day than we can possibly manage. Over time, this consistent overload dulls our senses — in particular, our spiritual senses. Numbness affects more than just our thumbs, which scroll endlessly past trends and trivialities. Our hearts grow cold. We come across a natural disaster or…
How to Love an Immortal
It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest, most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which — if you saw it now — you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption…
Every valley exalted.
Every valley exalted. Posted by appolus on July 14, 2023 All flesh is grass and its beauty Is like the flowers of the field We are here today and still we sow Yet tomorrow what shall we yield? The world and all who dwell therein Shall surely fade away Yet those who stand in Christ…
His Sermons Were Chariots of God: Remembering an Unforgettable Pastor
That Sunday evening, between the hours of 7:00 and 9:15, is permanently etched into my memory banks. I was 17 and had just arrived in Aberdeen, “The Granite City” (as it has long been known because so many of its buildings and houses are constructed of gray granite). I was there to begin my studies…
Coals of fire and fish thereon.
Coals of fire and fish thereon. Posted by appolus on July 13, 2023 Joh 21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. In the last chapter of John we see this very well known encounter. Peter and six others decide to…
How Can I Encourage Without Flattering?
Audio Transcript Welcome back to the podcast. Recently, we’ve been talking about how we serve and praise God. A week ago, we looked at what it means to serve God — “one of the most important questions a Christian can ask,” Pastor John said. That was APJ 1956. And that led to this question: What…
Poured Out for Others: The Meaning of a Sacrificial Life
Leviticus is the book where many Bible-reading plans go to die. Those who begin well in Genesis and Exodus find themselves, like the people of Israel, stumbling through the wilderness in Leviticus and Numbers, desperate to find their way to the story of David or the letters of Paul. For many, they stumble because they…
More Thrilling to Be Saved Than to Succeed
Jesus sent out seventy-two disciples into the towns where he was about to go. He said to them, “Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you’” (Luke 10:9). When they came back from their ministry, Luke tells us, The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord,…