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Good Holy Wednesday!! This day commemorates the Bargain of Judas by a clandestine spy among the disciples. It is called Spy Wednesday or Good Wednesday in Western Christianity. Great and Holy Wednesday in Eastern Christianity. Hope you all are having a wonderful Easter week. God Bless! Natural man is always looking tobe lifted up and…

“‘Because he lives’ [1971] was written in the midst of social upheaval, threats of war, and betrayals of national and personal trust. It was into this world at such a time that we were bringing our third little baby. Assassinations, drug traffic, and war monopolized the headlines. It was in the midst of this kind…

Southern Sweden was the place where “How Great Thou Art” had its beginning in 1886. It was written in the home of author and editor, Carl Boberg, a member of the Swedish Parliament from 1912 to 1931. The song was known in several countries before it finally reached the shores of the United States. Boberg…

Hymn History My Faith Looks Up to Thee My faith looks up to Thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine! Now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away, O let me from this day be wholly Thine! May Thy rich grace impart Strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire! As Thou…

http://www.trumpetoftruth.com/magazines Satan is out to destroy us all. Hemakes us want things by makingthings that appeal to us flash beforeour eyes. When you go into Walmart,there are lights flashing on toys toride, such as a moving fire truck. Thechildren pitch a fit to ride these thingsbecause the flashing lights got their at-tention. Flashing lights are…

Today I would like to start sharing meaningful information about many of our church hymns. Not the current upbeat high tempo “praise” songs sung in many of our western cultural churches today, but aged hymns. Wonderful hymns, story telling hymns. I hope you enjoy the next few days. We begin with the touching story of…

Good morning! Hope this note finds all of you well. This interesting question came to me this morning and was wondering “How do you know you are a Christian?” A song we always sang at summer church camp seems to answer the question but does the song “They will know we are Christians by our…

Good Tuesday morning my friends. As we draw closer to Easter and the day set aside to celebrate the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, I wanted to take this opportunity to give you an interpretation of the Easter story from http://www.biblestudytools.com. I am not supporting this website and am not advertising them…

Sometimes changes in the culture of a nation can be dramatically illustrated by a single event. Such was the case earlier this year in May when the story of Michael Rotondo briefly grabbed national attention. Rotondo, a 30-year old man in upstate New York, had moved back into his parents’ home eight years ago after…