“From ashes you came and to ashes you will return.” “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.” (Matthew 11:21) How will you prepare to make this year’s […]
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RSS feed for this sectionMerry Christmas From the Peck Family in 2007
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” – President Calvin Coolidge “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.” […]
Photos from Broyles’ Christmas party
“Tradition is a guide and not a jailer” – William Somerset Maugham “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the […]
The Last Christmas Ever
“Work now, play later. Serious now, pleasure later.” – Rev. Matt Gregory “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.” (Matthew 25:13) If you knew Jesus was going to return in five minutes (300 seconds), what would be your reaction? When Jesus returns, will […]
The Warmth of Wonder – Christmas
“The world would never starve for wonders, but only for the warmth of wonder.” – G. K. Chesterton Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. “For there is born to you this day in the city […]
Caren Wins Holiday Decorating Contest
Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. ~John W. Whitehead, The Stealing of America, 1983 “For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.” (Luke 6:43) What simple things can you focus on this month to bear much good fruit? […]
Festival of Lights
When you bless the Jewish people, God will bless you! At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; it was winter, and Yeshua was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon. (John 10:22,23) What is the Festival of Lights? How does that relate to Christmas? Yesterday I shared a […]
The Glory of Easter
“Every person, every family, every community, every culture, every nation … needs The Story.” – Marie Umidi Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. (John 11:25) Have you ever committed your life to Jesus? If so, how is Jesus’s […]
President Bush Proclaims Religious Freedom Day
There is no such thing as “separation of state and church” in the Constitution. It’s a lie of the left. – Pat Robertson as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. (1 Peter 2:16) How can you help spread the word about the myth of “separation of […]
Merry Christmas From the Peck Family
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – W.T. Ellis “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” (Luke 2:14) Is Jesus the reason for the season to you? During the Christmas season, many people show their appreciation to loved ones by making special gifts. […]