Yearly Archives: 2018

NOTE: AFTER TODAY I WILL BE TAKING A LITTLE BREAK FROM DOING EMAILMEDITATIONS.  I WILL BE BACK IN A FEW WEEKS.  THANK YOU FOR READING.  --Pastor Leon Stier    Malcolm…

By Mark Galli, managing editor of Christianity Today ( www.christianitytoday.com ) ---------------------------------       It didn't take long into my marriage to discover how incompatible my wife and I were.  One reason…

     (…continued)  In our own hearts we know what Mick Jagger and Solomon are talking about.  Whether it is our job, marriage, family, house, vacation, church, retirement, or whatever—life…

     In December 2004, Rolling Stone magazine published a special issue which featured the 500 greatest songs of all time (that is, mostly Rock and Roll hits from mostly…

The Chinese government takes down crosses; the number of Christians goes up Chinese Christians gather for worship ------------------------ By Eric Metaxas and Stan Guthrie, on Breakpoint Daily, posted September 25,…

By Rick Warren, September 26 (and 25), 2018, Daily Hope devotional, at:  www.pastorrick.org --------------------------      God wants you to invest in other people in God’s family.  This is what…

"We Do Not Have To Be Perfect To Do God's Will" Ron Boyd-MacMillan, shares the following insight from his teaching, “Why I Need to Encounter the Persecuted Church,” at:  www.opendoorsusa.org…

"If You Feel Distracted in Prayer, Don’t Worry—It’s a Good Thing" By Joshua Rogers, September 24, 2018, at:  www.joshuarogers.com -------------------------      So many times the same frustrating thing happens…

Lewis in 1958 ------------------- From a letter by C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) to Mary Willis Shelburne, June 17, 1963.  Shelburne was dying, and Lewis himself died November 22, 1963 after…

By Rebecca McLaughlin, "Giving Birth Taught Me How to Die," September 20, 2018, at:  www.desiringgod.org .  Rebecca holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and a theology degree from Oak Hill…