Amaze: To be filled with great surprise or sudden wonder. To be astonished. So . . . what’s so amazing about amazing grace? Is grace—God’s grace—really that astonishing and wonderful? Or are those simply well-known words to a song? Throughout the entire realm of “Christendom” there probably aren’t many people who haven’t heard all or part ofContinue reading “February 2014: Amazing Grace”
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January 2014 Issue: Best? Worst?
Those of us who read The Traveler celebrate the beginning of the next year in the middle of the bleak, dark winter. Other readers from various locations around the world celebrate the coming of the new year in the spring (or near the spring). That seems more reasonable to me because that’s when new life bursts forth allContinue reading “January 2014 Issue: Best? Worst?”
December 2013: Happy Birthday Jesus!
You do know, don’t you, that Jesus was most likely not born on December 25th? He was most likely born either in the late spring or early fall. The date of December 25th was borrowed a long time ago from a winter festival celebrated by the ancient Romans. But the actual date really is not that important. The importantContinue reading “December 2013: Happy Birthday Jesus!”
November 2013: Happy Thanksliving!
The next three sentences are fundamental, true statements about humans: 1. the three basic human needs are food, clothing, and shelter. 2. In the Bible, God promises to supply all our needs, not necessarily our wants. 3. But, sometimes our needs and our wants are one and the same. We all need to learn to clearlyContinue reading “November 2013: Happy Thanksliving!”
October 2013: The Journey
This Life Is A Journey Where we live in Rapid City, South Dakota, USAmerica, we have a great, first-class museum named The Journey Museum. Among other exhibits, it features the various pioneer journeys made by different people who founded and settled our region and community in the late 1800’s. Since our first issue of The Traveler in September 2009,Continue reading “October 2013: The Journey”
September 2013: Anniversary Issue
Happy Fourth Anniversary! Note: The Traveler is normally 3 pages; this month it is 5 pages since it’s our fourth anniversary edition] In the first issue of The Traveler in September 2009, we wrote: Each of us is a traveler through the eons of time and beyond—into our final, eternal state of being! It’s a journey, a sojourn. And for allContinue reading “September 2013: Anniversary Issue”
August 2013: God Speaks. God Hears.
[Normally, each month’s issue of The Traveler is only 3 pages. Last month, I began a two-part series about prayer. In order to conclude the series this month, this issue is 4 pages.] Humans cannot “construct” any barriers that keep out, limit, or “block” prayer . . . except sin in our lives. And sinContinue reading “August 2013: God Speaks. God Hears.”
July 2013: God Says, “We Need To Talk”
Before I invited Jesus into my life at age eighteen, I had very little understanding of church, religion, the Bible, God . . . . But somehow I knew that since I had recently invited Jesus to come into and take up permanent residence in my life, I should attend a church service the followingContinue reading “July 2013: God Says, “We Need To Talk””
June 2013: Kingdom of God No.5
Enter Here Jesus taught many truths about the Kingdom of God during the last three and a half years of his life while He was here on earth 2,000 years ago. One important truth He taught about the Kingdom of God was that it was still to come in the future, yet, it was already hereContinue reading “June 2013: Kingdom of God No.5”
May 2013: Kingdom of God #4
Were you one of those high school or college students who hated history, feeling it was boring and useless to learn? Not me! I love history, but I understand many people don’t think history is important. Would it help you to think of it a little differently if you thought of history as “His-story”? That’s really whatContinue reading “May 2013: Kingdom of God #4”
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