Reading through the Bible, one will come across any number of great promises by the Lord. From beginning to end, in both the Old and New Testaments, there are a large number of promises. Each one is rich with meaning and provides a shining beam of light to the story of Scripture. Today, when we read or hear people talk about how to read the Bible, we often hear the mantra “name it and claim it.” The idea is simply this: when you see a promise in Scripture that touches your life, claim that promise. After all, does not God always “make good” on His promises? Of course, He does.…

Today, we conclude our four-post series designed to give you encouragement and (most importantly) resources to help you train your children for worship. If you have not been following these posts, here are links to the previous three: 1: A Devotional Guide about Worship 2: A Set of 5 Devotional Guides about the Acts of Worship 3: Prayer Checklist and “Time for Worship” Cards Today’s final post in this series is also a printable to be used by children in worship. It is one that we have used before, and even make available to our families at Lebanon Road. While designed for smaller children (lower elementary is the target age),…

An elderly woman met a preacher while traveling across the country by train. As they talked she told him how lonely she had become since her crippled daughter had died. She was used to caring for her, and had done so all of her life. In spite of all the heartaches and labor in caring for her sick child, when she could no longer watch her bed, an insurmountable feeling of emptiness came into her life. The man gave her great advice. He told her to greet Jesus each time she came into her home. After the greeting, she was to tell him about her day. If someone had been…

NOTE: This post originally appeared on jimfaughn.com. It is reprinted here with permission. It may be that the most famous use of whitewash in literature is found in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. You may be familiar with Mark Twain’s fictional account of how Tom “conned” his friends into whitewashing a fence by making them believe it was fun and that it was a rare opportunity to get to participate in this “wonderful” activity. According to some translations of the Bible, God had a message for His people that involved whitewash. Unlike the scene in Mark Twain’s book, there was nothing humorous about this message in God’s book. Please consider…

Leaving my house one afternoon this week I pulled on to the main road that leads toward the interstate. About a quarter mile down I noticed a small turtle just getting started across the busy pavement. I made sure not to hit him with my right front tire and I said to myself, “I hope he makes it!” Poor little fella! Life for turtles can be tough, right? Good thing they have a hard shell, right? I continued down the road about another quarter mile and my heart stopped and I began to worry about the turtle. I stopped in the middle of the road. I turned around in an…

I might as well go ahead and admit it; I like C-Span. Well; I like some parts of C-Span. I’m not “into” the daily committee meetings, live sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate, etc. What I do like is some of their weekend programming. I don’t get to watch a lot of it, but I enjoy some of that programming when I get a chance to watch or listen. I especially find interviews with authors about their books to be of some interest. Recently, while doing something else and listening to one of those interviews, I heard a comment that captured my attention. The man being interviewed was…