Freaky Frugalite

…And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. But you, Daniel, shut up the words [...]

Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family. Proverbs 18: 24 Isn’t this the truth? A true friend sticks by you like family. They know what a jerk you are sometimes, but they still offer hugs when you are suffering. They know your pains, your weaknesses, your foibles, your [...]

I got an email this morning– one of those lousy “Forwards” emails. You know, like those chain emails that go on and on and on while people forward them to every aunt, uncle, and business associate… you know, those emails that are absolutely worthless. I thought I had seen them all when I got one [...]

Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to Your testimonies, [...]

So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers. Acts 18:3 …he who had been demon-possessed begged Him [Jesus] that he might go with Him [as a follower]. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and [...]

My title could also be: “What Happens When a People Forget Their History.” In Ancient Rome, shortly after the Flavian Emperors began their dynasty (circa A.D. 80), the Roman government began to come down very hard on other peoples. Whereas the Empire had once been quite tolerant of the nations they’d conquered, they now felt [...]

I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgression to the Lord.” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. selah Psalm 32:5 Let all bitterness, wrath, vengeance, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, and all viciousness. And be kind to [...]

So that if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new! And all things are from God, the One having reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and having given to us the ministry of reconciliation, as, that God was in Christ [...]

Everyone is talking about the New Year coming up. In the back of my mind is the very weighty realization that… I will now have to remember to write “10″ on my checks instead of “09.” It usually takes me about 2 months to get it down regular. :blink: With the New Year, my thoughts [...]

For he who is called a slave in the Lord is a freed man of the Lord. And likewise, he who is called a free man is a slave of Christ. You are bought with a price, do not be the slaves of men. 1 Corinthians 7:22-23. These two young Iranian women were imprisoned to [...]