Call it historical fiction, I guess. Had a writing class a couple of years back and decided to share some of what came out of it with you. ************************************************************* Sacrifices His chest heaved with each breath, the air escaping his lungs in short gasps. This journey up the ridge would have been challenging for a younger man, but for Abraham, now over a hundred, each step seemed a mountain in itself. Between the physical exertion ...

Happy Birthday, Jesus. I'm so glad it's Christmas. All the tinsel and lights and the presents are nice, but the real gift is You. Happy Birthday, Jesus. I'm so glad it's Christmas. All the carols and bells make the holiday swell and it's all about You. Happy Birthday, Jesus. Jesus, I love you. ~Tommy Barnett

What do you think? Was salvation the same for the men of the Old Testament as it was for those after Jesus came? This is something I really struggled with early on in my faith. How could salvation be the same for both if Jesus hadn't even been born when Abraham was alive? And if they weren't saved the same way, then what does that say about the consistency of God? How could the Bible say that there is ONE way to the Father (Christ) when so many righteous men lived before He arrived? Here'...

How about a game of trivia? Going through the letters of the alphabet (more than once, depending on participation), post the name of a person, place, or thing in the Bible, along with the Scripture it's found in.... we'll call it Bible Trivia 101? LOL.... I'll start to give you an example... A........... ADAM:And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam cal...

From a missionary worker in China: "For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith..." Eph. 3:16-17a Most workers for our organization must learn a foreign language. For me, it's Mandarin Chinese. While studying, I was int...

Worship, or Service? God has put the concept of worship on my heart this week… perhaps it's the Christmas season, and focusing on the birth of Jesus, but it seems that over and over again, He has been pointing me to look at worship. RALPH WALDO EMERSON: "A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our live...