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4 Ways to have a Joyful Christmas
To paraphrase Charles Dickens, Christmas can be the best of times or it can be the worst of times. For Christians, it should be the best of times. But the world, the flesh, and the devil sometimes conspire to make sure that doesn’t happen. Here are four simple tips to help make this Christmas especially joyful.
Support Abiding Word Ministries on Giving Tuesday
Between Giving Tuesday and the end of the year, many of us will receive countless requests from charitable organizations. Charities get most of their annual operating budget during the last few weeks of the year—including Abiding Word Ministries.
3 Ways to Battle Depression
Clinical and cyclical depression may look and feel similar. But the primary difference is that cyclical depression can most often be overcome through the hope of God’s Word, the power of His Holy Spirit, and Godly friends.
Thoughts on being a Grandparent
Nothing we say or do will impact our children’s or grandchildren’s lives more than the example we leave by finishing well and finishing strong. May our last years of loving God, our spouses, and others be our best and most productive.
Traditions, Truth and Turmoil
Traditions can be wonderful things in their right place. They bring to mind pleasant times of our past. How our family celebrates the holidays, spends time and enjoys meals together offers a sense of security in a changing world.
Welcome to Our New Website
I am writing to personally invite you to visit our newly designed web site at Abiding Word Ministries. We have tried to make changes that people have suggested to better help those visiting the site.
Someone Everyone Needs to Know
2 Samuel gives us the record of King David’s reign over Israel. It had been a long and painful journey for David and for Israel and Judah. David is now on the throne. Israel is entering a season of peace and he has time to think and reflect.
Walking by Faith
Faith is perhaps the most essential aspect of Christianity. The word itself appears about 250 times in the Bible. We assume we have it, and we live by it. So how does the Bible itself define faith?
Seasons
It is logical to think of our lives in terms of seasons. Spring corresponds to youth; summer to adult life; fall is retirement; and winter is old age. One problem with that is it can lead to some wrong conclusions.
How Close is too Close?
It was a beautiful, warm spring afternoon. A neighbor was coming home from work. He saw a car pulled off to the side of the road. A teenage girl stood over something in the middle of the road. She was taking a picture. As the neighbor got closer, that something turned out to be a large rattlesnake.
Lessons From The Titanic: Or How Not to Hit an Iceberg
Everyone knows the tragic story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The great ship steamed across the icy north Atlantic in 1912. On the night of April 15, the lookout sighted an iceberg dead ahead. The Titanic’s captain commanded to turn the ship hard to the port side—he intended to avoid hitting the iceberg altogether. This was a logical command. It was also had a very unfortunate result.
God’s Pop Quizzes
Many of us probably have a few less than pleasant memories of our elementary school teachers telling us to “take everything off of our desks and to take out a No. 2 pencil.” The dreaded “pop quiz” which always seemed to come at the most inopportune time.