Author: Brad Whitt
06 Jun Devotional Thought – The Light Of Life
"Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have...
03 Jun Fridays Are For Family – Family Fun
Since I’m a local church pastor whose wife stays home with our two small children, we’re always looking for simple, inexpensive and memorable ideas on how to have fun together as a family. We’re constantly looking for day trip destinations where the only expense would be the gas to get the vehicle there and back. (By the way, the “back” is really important. I know this from first hand experience.) My wife is the master of simple projects that teach our children important truths while at the same time having lots of fun.
01 Jun Devotional Thought – What Is Death?
"For as the body without the spirit is dead..." James 2:26
Can anybody give a definition of death? Does the Bible tell us exactly what it is? Yes. In fact, in the words before us we have what is surely the simplest, shortest, most straight forward definition of death to be found anywhere. James tells us that death is the body without the spirit. What a wonderful explanation. James doesn't say that death means that the life of the body is extinguished, not at all. It is simply that the life is absent - it's away. The body is without the spirit. This verse doesn't tell us that to die means that the spirit is without a body. Or, to put it another way, that the spirit without the body is dead. Absolutely not. The spirit can not die. It doesn't matter if it is on the inside or the outside of the body.
30 May Devotional Thought – The Shield of Sacrifice
"Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind. . ." 1 Peter 4:1
The context is considerable. These words were spoken in the middle of a military empire. They were delivered to a people who were disciplined in the use of weapons as a way of life. It must have been startling then to hear these words from Peter. It was the promise of a new kind of armor; a new type of defense. It must have caught them off guard and left them flatfooted. Then they must have laughed. There was nothing tangible to it. It wasn't tall and skinny, short and fat, lightweight or heavy. It couldn't cause the first wound on the most elementary enemy. It was, in fact, a wound itself.