Deployed Troops’ Children At Higher Risk For Anxiety

I had read about this recently and was surprised at yet another consequence of the deployment of our troops in time of war.  The children of these troops are suffering with anxiety at a high rate.  It makes perfect sense and this article deals with the topic in a very informative manner.  [...]

Christmas: What Can We Give To A King?

Way back when I would open up a Christmas Club account at the bank.  The idea was to deposit a bit of money into it each month and then have all the money I needed to do my Christmas shopping.  Young and undisciplined as I was I busted into the account early each time I [...]

Leave It With Him: Streams In The Desert, December 6th

“Consider the lilies, how they grow” Matthew 6:28
I need oil,” said an ancient monk; so he planted an olive sapling. “Lord,” he prayed, “it needs rain that its tender roots may drink and swell. Send gentle showers.” And the Lord sent gentle showers. “Lord,” prayed the monk, “my tree needs sun. Send sun, I pray [...]

Beautiful Christian Music: Praise & Worship & Christmas! December 5th

Song List
1.  All Is Well-  Michael W. Smith
2.  Help All The Hurting People-  Erick Nelson & Michelle Pillar
3.  Silent Night-  The Carpenters
4.  Thy Word-  Maranatha Singers
5.  White Christmas-  Bing Crosby
6.  Draw Me Close-  Andy Park
7.  Christmas Time Is Here-  A Charlie Brown Christmas
8.  Above All-  Rebecca St. James
9.  Christ The Messiah-  Michael W. Smith
10.  Hark [...]

Prayer Requests & Praise Reports, December 4th

Father,
We who love You,
count it joy to know suffering for the sake of Your Kingdom come within our own spirits. Jesus knew suffering even to death on the cross. But His suffering was seeing the condition of His beloved creation fallen into the grip of Satan’s folly of exalting himself above You. Misery [...]

Rapture Takes Two

Special report from Joel Kilpatrick of   LARK NEWS.     THIS IS CHRISTIAN SATIRE/HUMOR
OTTAWA — The Rapture occurred March 31, 2005, at 9:43 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time and took both people on the planet whose theology was exactly correct.
Dan Wilson of Ottawa, Canada, was snatched away while sleeping.
“He spent years refining his eschatological scheme,” [...]

Are Psychiatric Drugs Of The Devil? Dwight L. Carson

One of the organizations I link to is located in Great Britain.  Their web site is filled with excellent information and I’d like to share the following article from their archives.  Their name is  “Christian Mental Health- United Kingdom” and can be found by clicking   HERE.   The running of this article by no means is [...]

God’s Word: Hebrews 4:15

Phil Monroe: Measuring Minor Victories

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One of the blogs that is a resource here is titled “Musings Of A Christian Psychologist” which is written by Phil Monroe.  As I read this article it really hit home as I looked back on my life after “my perspective and  standards had changed.” You’ll understand as you read this excellent article. May [...]

Father vs. father

A capital letter some times means a whole lot.  My father was born in 1936 is a pretty self explanatory statement.  “Our Father which art in Heaven” speaks of someone totally different.  What I have observed through the years is that our fathers so often have had more of an impact on our lives than [...]