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April 28, 2020
One Hundred Valleys | Book Review and Giveaway
About the Book
After the death of her mother, Emmalin Hammond discovers she is not the heiress shed always assumed shed be. The revelation exposes her fiancés true intentions when he withdraws his marriage proposal, leaving Emmalin heartbroken and humiliated. When she discovers the father she believed to be dead is still alive and living in the Oregon Territory she decides it is time to meet the man who has been hidden from her all of her life.
Accompanied by her Uncle Jonathon, she sets out...
April 25, 2020
Studying a Passage | From the Archives
To gain an understanding of an individual passage, it is beneficial to have both the Strong's concordance and Webster's 1828 dictionary on hand.
Choose a PassageSometimes, the Lord will lead you to study through a book. Other times, maybe it is just a memory verse or another verse that God has brought to your attention.
Study Key WordsFind the key (strong) words throughout the passage (these could be many or a few). Then, look up the definitions of these words both in Strong's Hebrew/Greek...
April 20, 2020
The Traitor's Pawn | Book Review
About the Book
When FBI agent Jack Shannon arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas, he is focused on one thing: find the man who has been selling encrypted government secrets to the Chinese through online birding chat rooms. But when a senator is shot during a hunting trip and the woman he was with is abducted, Jack agrees to join the search--especially when he discovers that the kidnapping victim is Aubrey Grayson, a woman he was once in love with.
As the search continues, it becomes clear the...
April 18, 2020
Considering the Greek and Hebrew Words | From the Archives
As you look at the Strong's concordance, you will notice little numbers to the side of the verses. These numbers indicate the original Hebrew/Aramaic (for Old Testament) or Greek (for New Testament) words. By looking up the original word, it can shed light on the subject.
Let us take the word "love" in the New Testament. The passage in John 21 shows a remarkable difference. I have copied the passage and inserted the Greek numbers for all forms of "love."
John 21:15-1715 So when they had dined,...
April 11, 2020
A Simple Word Search | From the Archives
One of the studies that God has led me to do most often is a topical study. A topical study is when you take one word (and all of its tenses) and research every verse with that word. One can do an in depth topical study or a brief topical study.
Choose Your WordPerhaps the Lord leads you to do a word study on "Forgiveness." With this word in mind, write down all of the tenses and synonyms: forgive, forgiven, forgave, forgiveness, forgiveth, forgiving, pardon, and pardoned. Choose one word with...
April 8, 2020
Unyielding Hope | Book Review
About the Book
As a young girl, Lillian Walsh lost both her parents and a younger sister. Now in her twenties, after enduring the death of her adoptive mother, Lillian must find her place in the world. Just as her adoptive father is leaving for an extended trip to his native Wales, a lawyer appears at the door to inform Lillian that she has inherited a small estate from her birth parents--and that the sister she had long believed dead is likely alive.
When she discovers that her sister, Grace,...
April 4, 2020
Preparing to Study | From the Archives
Inevitably, when one thinks of studying God's Word, the first question to arise is, "What should I study?" God's Word deals with every aspect of life and has the answer to every question.
According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the...
March 28, 2020
Waiting for What "Foundation?" | From the Archives
There are many buts in our life. The buts are generally . . . excuses. I would do this, but . . .
The other day, I found a very interesting but in Gods Word.
From the first day of the seventh month began they (Israel) to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. (Ezra 3:6)
Israel was coming from the pagan enemys land to rebuild the temple by decree of King Cyrus (see Ezra 1:1-3). Almost immediately when...
March 21, 2020
Refocus | From the Archives
A young man is hit while riding his motorcycle to college, suffering many broken and fractured bones.
A mom of seven is diagnosed with stage 4 cancer throughout her body.
A man in his mid-fifties is taken down with a stroke and struggling in the hospital, while children and grandchildren watch.
A woman in her thirties suffers from liver disease and sees her husband suddenly pulled under water and carried away by the undertow.
These are four real-life situations that I have heard of from friends...
March 19, 2020
Chasing the White Lion | Book Review
About the BookYoung CIA officer Talia Inger has reconciled with the man who assassinated her father, but that doesn't mean she wants him hovering over her every move and unearthing the painful past she's trying to put behind her. Still, she'll need him--and the help of his star grifter, Valkyrie--if she hopes to infiltrate the Jungle, the first ever crowdsourced crime syndicate, to rescue a group of kidnapped refugee children.
But as Talia and her elite team of thieves con their way into the...
