Posts from February 2023

12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 15 As it is said, “Today, if you hear his…

Turkey/Syria Earthquake More than 40,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands more injured in a devastating earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria the morning of Monday, February 6. One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in over a century, search and rescue teams are still finding bodies under the rubble and estimate that tens of thousands of residents will need immediate medical attention. The 7.8 magnitude quake has had at least 1,206 recorded aftershocks,…

If you have kids in elementary school, you are probably aware of A.R. (Accelerated Reader) tests. The A.R. program is designed to help students grow in their reading skills, to include reading comprehension. Throughout the A.R. program, students take tests to measure their comprehension of the books they have read. These tests measure the student’s understanding of the book’s context, purpose, themes,and main points. My kiddos typically do well when tested if they were actively engaged in the book they…

Last Sunday we finished up the first of ten mini-series in our year-long study of Hebrews in our worship gatherings. “Jesus is the Better Revelation” took us through Hebrews 1 & 2 and also to John 1 and Colossians 1. Now, it may partially be because those passages are some of my favorites in the whole Bible, but we have surely been blessed by our Teaching Team’s bold proclamation of God’s Word in this series (View Hebrews Messages). The calls…