"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." ~Joshua 1:9
Category: Books & Reading
"God wants an intimate relationship with us. He is not a God who is far away; he is the God who has made us his dwelling place. We are the temple of the Lord...He comes and makes his home in us. He could not be any closer. To talk to God, we don't have to … Continue reading Be Still And Know
"To love something is to see in it the hope of the promise that are in it, which our cynical, tired selves cannot see but which by God's grace we can see... "So when God in the Bible tells us that we are to love our enemies, he is not telling us to love what … Continue reading Love = Growing The Good Things
"The problem with dying to myself is that it's so daily. I have to make the choice over and over again. I can live for myself or I can live for Christ, which means picking up my cross -- at the drugstore, at the gas pump, in my living room, in traffic. "Not only must … Continue reading Dying to Myself
“The idea of freedom can be misunderstood in a variety of ways… The ‘liberal’ misunderstanding of American freedom, in short, is when freedom – or liberty – is confused with license. License to do anything at any time is not what the founders had in mind when they were talking about freedom...Not long after … Continue reading Misunderstanding American Freedom
BOOK REVIEW Moving Mountains: Praying with Passion, Confidence, and Authority by John Eldredge How do you pray? How do you speak with the Master and Mankind, the Creator of the Universe? By sometimes merely repeating oft-used phrases, key words, and habitual thanks and requests? Me too. I now think about it differently. Eldredge challenges prayer … Continue reading Book Review / “Moving Mountains: Praying with Passion, Confidence, and Authority”
"Through the ages, Christianity has been a hijacked religion." (pp. 625) Using extensively-quoted primary sources, Keith Sisman traces the existence of the Kingdom of our Lord -- his Church -- through the Dark Ages in England. I highly recommend this work, available on-line at Traces-of-the-Kingdom.org. Christians are seen through the lens of the persecution of … Continue reading Review of “Traces of the Kingdom”
“…he missed her, he missed them all – but the savageries and affections of the past week had turned them all to shadows. That part of his life was over; and now, lying on the dense mat of grass, he knew in one sense it always had been. But it was fun remembering…” Once An … Continue reading Myrer, “Once an Eagle”
“One night I dreamt I marched within the phalanx. We were advancing across a plain to meet the foe. Terror froze my heart. My fellow warriors strode all around me, in front, behind, to all sides. They were all me. Myself old, myself young. I became even more terrified, as if I were coming apart … Continue reading Pressfield, “Gates of Fire”
“A band of US Army Rangers goes behind enemy lines, where each man, one by one, dies to save one young paratrooper: Private Ryan. To me that band of Rangers represents every American warrior who ever willingly gave his life to give us the freedom, the lives and the liberty that we have today. Those … Continue reading Grossman, “On Combat”
There was an American tank, 30 tons of death, fleeing down one of the little roads leading through the forest. One lonely paratrooper stood beside the road. A photographer captured the image of this young man with hollow sunken eyes, a three-days growth of beard, an M-1 Garand in one hand, and a bazooka slung … Continue reading An American Paratrooper
Be Strong & Courageous! 