ONE SEMESTER AT FAIRWOOD BIBLE INSTITUTEAt the close of first semester last December, students were invited to summarize their personal testimony about what the past months had meant to them....
Times of Restoration
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Just Keep Walking With God
If I were to ask you who is the first prophet mentioned in the Bible, would you be able to come up with the answer? I’ll give you a hint: he isn’t mentioned as a prophet until the New Testament! It...
WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
Inter-personal dynamics in the workplace respond to the direct intervention of the Spirit. The Situation: I’m at work making a sale in the museum store for a visitor. Another receptionist (I’ll call...
THE KEYS TO PEACE IN A CHAOTIC WORLD
As Christians, we know that our world has been in an unhappy state ever since the Garden of Eden, but today’s instantaneous access to news accentuates this truth. Every day we hear of rioting and...
The Authenticity and Certainty of Scripture
Theodore Roosevelt was an avid reader. Even when he was President of the United States, he continued his habit of reading as many as three entire books every day! In addition, he authored at...
WEDDING VOWS MATTER
The other day as I was riding along in my car, I heard the popular radio ethicist Dr. Laura admonish a caller who was encountering some difficulty in her relationship with her husband. Even though...
Reverence & Obedience
As I’ve thought about the Word of God, I’ve found the term, “The Hammer,” a challenging one. While thinking about it, I had my attention drawn not to where to begin on the subject, but where we...
LESSONS FROM MY LITTLE BOYS
I’m mostly certain raising small children has been one of the most challenging and exasperating experiences of my entire life. You can ask my husband, my mom, or anyone else who knows me, that the...
MUSIC TO THE GLORY OF GOD
To what kind of music should a Christian spend his time listening? This could seem like a secondary question, but it has been the source of much controversy over the years. Although the “worship...
CROSS THAT RIVER!
On March 7th, 1945 the Allies were pushing east and on the brink of crossing the Rhine River as Germany struggled to mount a meaningful resistance. Crossing the river looked to be a daunting task...
THE GREAT COMMISSION TAKES PRECEDENCE
Our family folklore includes many tales of people taking a stand, sometimes for righteousness. My husband Mark’s father was a Hungarian revolutionary fighter in World War II. My father was a...
The Pursuit of Faith
In Loving Memory of My Husband, James “Jim” H. Floyd, Jr., 1962 - 2017 As I reflect on the life of my husband Jim, I see God as a Master Weaver using dark threads intertwined with silver and gold,...