A 9-1-1 Call, Acts 9:11

I heard about a 9-1-1 call that Avery Shawler made on Labor Day in 2016.  She was climbing alone on Devil’s Bedstead, an 11,865 foot peak in the Pioneer Mountains in Idaho.  She is a certified SOLO Wilderness First Responder and an experienced climber.  Therefore, she carried a first aid kit and other emergency protection […]

Effectual Working Requires Training, Prov 22:6

Prov 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”  This passage is not a promise, but it is a principle.  If you want your child to do something when he is old, you must train him to do it when […]

Teaching Timothy, 2 Tim 3:10

Christians, young in the Lord, often learn from more mature Christians.  So, mature Christians must be like Paul if they are going to teach a young man like Timothy.  “Timothy” is going to check you out to be sure you are worth following.  In 2 Tim 3:10, Paul wrote, “”But thou hast fully known my […]

A Heart for Children Mal. 4:6

A Heart for Children Mal. 4:6 In Mal 4:6, Elijah returns before the second coming of Jesus to turn the heart of the fathers to the children.  A heart for children is characterized by: Instructing — Prov 4:1— to instruct is to communicate knowledge; to teach.  Prov 5:7 says, “Hear me now therefore, O ye […]