Robert Alan Ward, 73, met Jesus face-to-face on October 24, 2021, in Show Low, AZ. Bob, affectionately known as “The Bob,” was born October 6, 1948, to Artemus Edgar Ward II and Margaret (Peggy) Jean Patterson Ward. Bob grew up in Point Loma, California, and graduated from Point Loma High School in 1966. He served his country in the United States Air Force from May 1969 to June 1972 and spent those years in Darmstadt, Germany as a Morse…..
“It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.” Psalm 118:8 Like many of you who now read this story, I am deeply concerned about the current state of our country and of our world. It seems that everywhere we look, events are spiraling out of control. Our political leaders seem incapable of finding workable solutions. As I prayed about our situation, the story I am wish to recount came to me. It is from…..
When I was in school, we began each day with the Pledge of Allegiance. After the pledge, we students took turns selecting a patriotic song to sing, such as “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “America the Beautiful,” “My Country ‘tis of Thee,” God Bless America, or “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” All of the aforementioned songs are engraved deeply in my soul. I am an American. I could never be anything else. But my favorite among them was the stirring “Battle…..
“The pen is mightier than the sword,” wrote Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839. Two crucial works in American history buttress his point. The pamphlet “Common Sense,” penned by Thomas Paine in January, 1776 helped galvanize the original thirteen colonies to throw off British rule. The second came from a woman named Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 14, 1811, the sixth of seven children of Calvinist preacher Lyman Beecher and his wife Roxana. Roxana died…..
Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it… Psalm 127:1a (NASB) On September 3, 1783, after eight long years of “times that try men’s souls,” Great Britain finally recognized America’s independence with the signing of the “Treaty of Paris.” In the aftermath, to keep our fledgling nation together, the “Articles of Confederation” were adopted. But the “Articles” proved inadequate to bring sufficient cohesion to the original thirteen colonies if America was to become a great…..
Horatio and Anna Spafford “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.” Matthew 7:24-25 NASB When life is like fair weather many fail to see their need for Christ. But…..
On June 24, 1908, a tiny baby girl was born in Korea, much to the chagrin of her idol worshiping father, who wanted a boy. Through her childhood she was subjected to taunts due to her frail physical stature. But seeing her mother’s faith, Ahn Ei Sook gave her heart to Christ at the age of eight. When she reached eighteen, upon her father’s insistence, she was sent to Japan, which ruled Korea at the time, to complete her education……
In the city of Bonn during the year 1770 a woman named Maria found herself again unhappily with child. Her husband Johann was an abusive alcoholic who suffered from ill health. She herself was not well. Their only child at the time also suffered physically. Due to her circumstances, she considered having an abortion. Instead, she chose to give her child a chance at life. Somewhere around December 16, 1770 Maria gave birth to a male child. Her full name…..
Martin Luther (1483-1546) is commonly called the father of the Protestant reformation. But before Luther were others who contended for the primacy of the biblical Scriptures over the traditions and practices of the established church. Among them was the Englishman John Wycliffe (c. 1320s-December 31, 1384), often called “The Morning Star of the Reformation.” After him came the Czech Jan Hus (c. 1370-July 6, 1415), whom Wycliffe greatly influenced. A century later came Martin Luther, who greatly admired Jan Hus……
The date was February 14, in the year of our Lord, 270. The place Rome. The prisoner Saint Valentine held a parchment missive before him. It had been signed and sealed by Emperor Claudius II himself, known as “Claudius the Cruel.” But now its offer was moot. The choice before him had been stark, but simple. Renounce Christ and worship Claudius and the Romans gods and live, at least for an unspecified number of years until some other form of…..