by Barbara Lardinais | October 25, 2023 | Article
“Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”James 4:7 Suppose you had a vast estate – more land than you could ever use or develop? You pay taxes on it and ride around on a horse every once in awhile to survey all your...
by Barbara Lardinais | October 11, 2023 | Article
“Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.” (Numbers 12:3) What do you think of when you think of Moses? Exodus from Egypt? Parting the Red Sea? The Ten Commandments? Great prophet and leader? Dramatic miracle-worker?...
by Barbara Lardinais | September 27, 2023 | Article
What difference made all the difference? Saul, son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, and David, son of Jesse from the tribe of Judah had a lot in common. They were both kings over Israel while Samuel was prophet, but there’s much more than that. For instance,...
by Barbara Lardinais | September 13, 2023 | Article
…and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment. They used to call former Prime Minister of England Margaret Thatcher the Iron Lady for her plainspoken tough leadership. Well, I wonder then if she wasn’t a distant descendant of an earlier female leader...
by Barbara Lardinais | August 25, 2023 | Article
“…you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go” John 21:18. Mention the apostle Peter and what springs to mind? Boasting? Rash tongued? Lopping off ears? Denying Christ? He’s usually noted as the...
by Barbara Lardinais | August 16, 2023 | Article
“And Mary said, ‘Behold, the bond-slave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word'” Luke 1:38. I’ve never identified too much with Mary, the mother of Jesus. I’m nothing like her really. My heroes tend to be feisty...