And that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword or spear. For the battle is the Lord’s and he will give you into our hand. 1Samuel 17:47 ESV If you think you know what’s going on in our world and culture you may be wrong. I grew up in a part of the country that was filled with history. The battlefields of the Revolutionary War were literally in my backyard, and yet, as a young man, I was oblivious to that fact. I was the beneficiary of a war that had lo

“I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” Psalms 139:14 ESV Among the many gifts that God has given us, there is one that is rarely recognized, much less ever fully received. It is a precious gift that God has bestowed on all humanity at the moment of life’s first cry. It is the gift of value and worth as created children of God. Think of it, by virtue of breathing air we are of infinite value to an Almighty