Purity in Motivation, Intention and Effort

Today, I meditate on Psalm 3:1-2

As I sit here and contemplate my morning reading, I preview what my day will look like. The focus of the passage is the psalmist’s earthly enemies.

As I ponder the question of “how does that apply to me today”, that still small voice speaks…

We have many earthly ‘enemies’, but our enemies are usually more mundane things like obstacles & challenges. At home it may be our physical limitations like asthma, allergies, out-of-shape or an actual handicap. At work it may be a tough job market, rusty skill set, a lack of confidence or a need for training. I know for myself, professionally I am struggling with learning how to market my business(es) … Click to Continue

BibleCounts update.

Good news, for everyone, especially me.

We have made some leaps on the new BibleCounts.com website. By tomorrow we will start placing the basic design of the core site. This includes the registration, user tracking. etc.

Over the next month we will start integrating the core BibleCounts quiz/testing and scoring systems as well as the point tracking system.
The initial test design for ages 5-12 will be updated first. We have Mathew through Luke completed and will expand those quizzes as we get response from our users and testers.

So far, Preston, Debbie and I have created the entirety of the content. Mostly through our own family devotional time. We are doing this in our free … Click to Continue

Is ignorance communicable?

I was reading another blogger’s comments and I became incensed at one ignorant person’s comment on the existence of Adam and Eve :

“it’s not real. btw…this is how wars start. kind of funny if you think about it.”

Now first of all. Everyone has a right to their own opinion and be WRONG, but it wasn’t the “not real” comment that threw me. It’s the second part. In a strong effort to avoid a flame war on someone else’s blog I tried to be civil. Additionally, I am instructed in wisdom.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1

So I will answer with a calm, intelligent, factual answer, based … Click to Continue