All posts for the month May, 2018

Falling in Love With Silverpines

by Parker J. Cole The men and women of Silverpines continue to amaze me. In the next two installments of this series, we are taken into the mind of two women, both with different challenges against but through it all, their strength of character shines through.  Readers have fallen in love with Silverpines because […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim

by Jim Hughes Prov. 21:21 Whoever pursues godliness and unfailing love will find life, godliness, and honor. To pursue is to make a commitment to it. We must commit ourselves to obtaining godliness and unfailing love if we want to find life. Life spoken of here is eternal life; it is life with […]

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There Are No Words For That

by Suzanne D. Williams What can I say that hasn’t been said? That the voices of thousands of fallen soldiers don’t already speak from the grave. That I can’t describe with lines of flag-draped coffins, secured in the back of military aircraft. That I can’t read about on the headstones of Private First Class John Smith or Airman First Class Jane Doe. That I can’t count […]

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Manna

by Sherry Chamblee Today I was reading in Exodus 16, where the manna from heaven is first described, and something struck me.   The people of Israel were fed by manna for forty years in the wilderness. The provision of bread from heaven came first right after they fled Egypt, and as they made […]

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Saints God is Cheering You On

by Tina Webb How often do we crawl into our coziest chair and gleefully open our Bibles to discover something that God wants to share with us? Consistently our God pulls us into his presence to give us the security that comes through his constant love. A child always is secure when he […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim as of 5/22/2018

by Jim Hughes Prov. 21:3 The LORD is more pleased when we do what is just and right than when we give him sacrifices. Being is better than doing. The Lord wants us to be genuine in our souls when we act like children of God. It’s not too hard to put on […]

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Music in the Early Church

by Mary C. Findley Jesus and the disciples attended Jewish synagogues and temple worship. These services included stringed, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The book of Psalms was the hymn book of the second temple. After finishing the Passover meal they sang a hymn, presumably not a Psalm, and presumably without instruments, before […]

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Video Author Interview about Writing

by Lisa M. Prysock Hello friends!  I hope you enjoy this short interview about writing.  I look forward to answering more of these fun questions!  Author Biography  Lisa M. Prysock is an award-winning, bestselling, Christian and inspirational author of more than 11 novels.  She was born in Minnesota; raised in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio […]

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We Receive as We Give

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon “Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy”   (Matthew 5:7). It is not meet that the man who will not forgive should be forgiven, nor shall he who will not give to the poor have his own wants relieved. God will measure to us with our own bushels, […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim as of 5/15/2018

by Jim Hughes Prov. 21:2 People may think they are doing what is right, but the LORD examines the heart. We can easily fool ourselves. We develop certain perceptions of right and wrong and evaluate ourselves in light of our perceptions. But, unless our understanding is rooted in God’s Word, what we think […]

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