Category Archives: Perilous Times

“Anchors Are Up”

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

Anchors are up, winds are out and the whole fleet is getting into confusion! Men in whose sanity and stability I once believed, are being carried away with one fancy or another, and I am driven to cry, “What next? … Continue reading →

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In A Beseiged City

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

- Blessed be the Lord, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city. Psalm 31:21 – - In Grant Horner‘s Bible reading plan, yesterday I read Isaiah 1 and came to this verse. The daughter … Continue reading →

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The Kingdoms of Our Lord & of His Christ

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. Revelation 11:15 KJV … Continue reading →

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“Coventry Carol”

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

The Coventry Carol  is a song that was unfamiliar to me until I read a novel by Helen MacInnes in which she used it at a critical moment in her story. I have yet to hear it sung in a … Continue reading →

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Sweete And Gentle Showers

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

This week I came across an article by Dr. John S. Uebersax, National Days of Prayer: A Historical Comparison, in which he makes this significant observation: Since 1952, the President of the United States has, by law, annually issued a … Continue reading →

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