Author: live1027nsg

“IN but not OF” –   God wants us as His children to be “IN THE WORLD” – that’s probably obvious since we ARE HERE.  This isn’t Heaven, yet – so – HERE we are for the Read more…

Last month our focus was on “Thankfulness” –   being “Thankful” and listing things that we are thankful for.   This month builds on that theme – truth.  The Hebrew word Zakar occurs 223 times in the Read more…

“Rejoice ALWAYS; pray WITHOUT CEASING; in EVERYTHING give thanks; for THIS IS God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”                                                               I Thessalonians 5:16-18 Just about every day on our backpacking trip in Europe, while standing Read more…

August 10th returned from 2 weeks backpacking in Europe with 12 students.  Amazing adventure. We took a ferry boat on lake Thundersee in Interlaken, Switzerland.  The ferry boat criss-crosses the lake and stops at small Read more…

A few thoughts from Sandy as he is out of WiFi range up in the Alps of Switzerland on his 75th trip. On each of our backpacking trips I select a book for everyone to Read more…

As you might know, Diane and I recently returned from a week at Montana Wilderness School of the Bible in Augusta, Montana.  It was great! I was privileged to teach Introduction to Missions to 42 Read more…

“And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.   And Read more…

 Happy New Year!   “If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?  But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared.”  Psalm 130:3, 4 I read the following post Read more…

We come near the end of 2018, having seen so much going on in our world with so many varying critiques. Yet we know there is a foundation of TRUTH that remains truth no matter Read more…

On each of our Western Europe backpacking trips I choose a book for all of us to read and discuss while in Europe. This past trip, we all read “The Practice of Godliness” by Jerry Read more…