Notes from the Center

Paul Tuttle on temptations from the Crucible DVD series. Walk Thru The Bible Temptations are like birds.  You can’t keep them from flying past your head but you can keep them from building nests in your hair.

I recently listened to an interview with Nancy Guthrie on The Gospel Coalition about her new podcast series, “Help Me Teach the Bible,” and it sounds like it could be pretty interesting.  I was reminded that we are all still a work in progress and I don’t have all the answers. While I strive to be an effective ...

I recently compiled some video for our Christmas Eve service and have posted them on Vimeo to share with those who are interested.  You can find them at http://www.vimeo.com/studythebook.

Below is a quote from today’s Days of Praise devotional.  While the quote is on doubts, the gist of devotional is that there will be a day when our faithfulness will be rewarded with joy unspeakable. Doubts sometimes come, placed there by the Tempter, but they should drive us to further study, deeper growth, and eventual ...

Here is a quote from John Wayne that I saw in the devotional Men of Integrity on Friday, Sep. 5, 2014. Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway. Quotes  

D. L. Moody from Indeed for Sep. 4, 2014, regarding focusing on spiritual growth rather than looking for spiritual shortcomings. Looking at the wound of sin will never save anyone.  What you must do is look at the remedy. The week’s devotions are centered around 2 Peter 1:3-11, in which a series of qualities the Christian is ...

John A. Shedd from Men of Integrity magazine for Sep. 4, 2014. A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. The verses below are the foundation for Owen Strachan’s devotional. Matthew 4:18-22 NASB Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called ...

Oswald Chambers from the Walk Thru The Bible devotional Indeed for Aug. 29, 2014, connected to the following verses. God is not saving the world; it is done.  Our business is to get men and women to realize it. 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and ...

Word List Files Because of changes to the excluded common words from the word list searches, I have updated the Word List files.

Reading Calendar Adjustment This last week has forced me to reevaluate the reading schedule I have set for myself to use for writing.  My desire to develop the type of articles I have been has been pretty intense and at times discouraging so I have decided to reset my calendar to doing just one chapter a ...