The First Pilgrim Thanksgiving

The First Pilgrim Thanksgiving

History tells us, “Nothing can be trivial which relates to the voyage of the Mayflower or the first four years’ experience of the Colony at Plymouth Plantation.” There’s a huge difference between the Jamestown settlement and Plymouth Plantation.  While Jamestown was...
Significance of the Mayflower Compact

Significance of the Mayflower Compact

Four Hundred years ago, today, November 11, 1620, a tiny sailing vessel dropped anchor just off Cape Cod.  On that vessel was precious cargo, more costly than any other. . . . the very seed of a new nation! Actually, it was more than a seed. It was the first fruits of...
Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget . . . These are the words of the Lord through Moses, taken from Deuteronomy 8:11 before the children of Israel were to go in to possess the Promised Land.  They are particularly meaningful and appropriate for today. “Take care lest you forget the Lord...
Truths About God

Truths About God

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”  C. S. Lewis A LITTLE SOUL WORK 2 Corinthians 10: 3-5 points out that before we came to Christ thoughts were raised up in our minds against a true knowledge of...
Hope

Hope

I was so encouraged and inspired by this devotional out of “Streams in the Desert.”  May you be blessed as well. “Why art thou cast down, O my soul.” Is there ever any ground to be cast down?  There are two reasons, but only two.  If we are as yet unconverted, we have...