Hebrews 11:5 “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” What a simple but amazing and powerful testimony. Enoch pleased God! Everything and anything else beyond that didn’t matter. There was […]
I Timothy 5:17 “Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.” On July 9th, 1776, General George Washington issued his first General Order after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The order contained the following: “The Honorable Continental Congress having been […]
Isaiah 8:12 “Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.” On our nation’s 61st Birthday, John Quincy Adams boldly proclaimed the following to the people of Newburysport, Massachusetts: “Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the […]
Deuteronomy 28:1-12 “And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall […]
Matthew 13:25 “But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.” Mark 3:27 “No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house” On this Father’s Day weekend, and […]
II Timothy 3:14 “But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and has been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them” I Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my believed brethren be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain […]
Jude 1:3 “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” I Corinthians 3:2 “I have fed you with milk, and not with […]
(Guest contributor – Chaplain Scott Foust) John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” In 1912, Woodrow Wilson was elected as our nation’s 28th President. As World War I broke out in 1914, Wilson maintained an unwavering policy of neutrality. The idea of war […]
II Corinthians 5:15 “And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.” During World War II, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt wrote what is known as her wartime prayer: Lest I continue My complacent way Help me to remember […]
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: […]
