It was Mom’s “Day-A-Way” and Jake and Dad were having the time of their lives. As soon as she left, the games began and were non-stop until it was time for lunch.
Lately, I have tried to avoid writing "how to" posts, but Paul didn't when dealing with sin and guilt. Some people have a hard time knowing what is sin and what
Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have
By Elizabeth Prata I hope this fine late spring week has offered you beautiful glimpses of God’s creative intellect and His wonderful power. Once, I I saw a rainbow extending from left to rig…
By Elizabeth Prata The Post That Caused It All I love educator-comedian Gerry Brooks. He used to be a principal in Lexington, Kentucky. He now goes around speaking about the education profession. H…
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. Exo. 20:7 (NKJV) Not to use God’s name …
By Elizabeth Prata American Family Radio dropped Alistair Begg’s program Truth for Life from their lineup A few days ago I wrote about an interview that had surfaced between Bob Lepine and Al…
By Elizabeth Prata Charles Spurgeon was converted by a stumbling layman substituting in the pulpit for a pastor stuck elsewhere in a snowstorm. Spurgeon was making his way to his own church too, bu…
Soul care is about cultivating your relationship with God and spiritual tools are needed to cultivate your relationship with God.
Sometimes we fail to understand how powerful compromise can be in our lives. No one falls away from God overnight. It’s something that happens over time. . . a slow, methodical process.
How do you best comfort a friend when that friend’s life is smashed? And you have no answers? Or maybe your answers are not what is needed?
Are you comfortable in what you love to do? Don’t quiet your conscience. The flames of sin can bring you quickly to an eternal place you don’t want to go.
The 3rd chapter of James began by saying “not many of you should become teachers.” The reason? Because of its responsibilities, start with learning how to control your tongue.
To fight negative thoughts, we can apply the “Keeper Test” found in Phillippians 4:8, which gives us helpful list for discerning which thoughts to keep.
When we fail to grasp the depth of our own depravity and the seriousness of sin, we risk losing sight of the glory of the gospel that feeds spiritual growth.
By Elizabeth Prata Some sayings sound legitimate on their surface. They sound pious. They sound biblical. Like this one: “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”. Only problem is, that one is…
I can only imagine what Noah must have thought when God asked, no, told him that he would build an Ark and load it up with animals of every species two by two. Yet he did what he was told because he was completely obedient to almighty God.
God gave you a conscience, so listen to it—but don’t rely solely on it. Bring your conscience under the authority of God’s Word. Ask God to keep you sensitive to His Spirit’s leadership.
“That’s good enough.” How many times have those words come out of our mouths? The idea of this lackluster commitment to the living out of our lives has become so prevalent that we’ve learned to articulate it in a whole bunch of different ways. The rather robust vernacular that we’ve created to wave off responsibility […]
We are living in a time where people are willing to believe lies and non-science or nonsense. Decisions and laws are being passed at the cost of truth. I’ve had friends urge me to make hasty decisions in the name of friendship. Decisions that go against God’s word or faith. When you disagree you are […]