In our world today, many people strive to improve or maintain their state of health. One of those ways is by the consumption of vitamins and minerals that our bodies need in order to be healthy. While our physical bodies require these nutrients for physical health, does it not make sense that we would need a certain spiritual vitamin for our spiritual health? God’s Word, the Bible, is necessary and sufficient for our spiritual nutrition.
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on August 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Before entering into full-time ministry, I worked for about ten years as a stock clerk in a grocery store. Within this ten-year period, I worked in two different stores under two entirely different managers. One of these managers ran his store with a harsh “iron fisted,” distant authoritarian approach. He utilized harsh overbearing techniques to get us as his employees to output according to the expected standards. Negative external motivators were often used, and a competitive environment was encouraged. Needless to say, the overall sales and…
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on August 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
The biblical statement that the love of money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10) is all too apparent in the decisions of several well-known once-trusted companies. Company after company seems to be joining the forces of darkness in an effort to sink our society deeper and deeper into the cesspool of sin. Recently, McDonald’s revealed its intentions to support the homosexual agenda and SSM (“same sex marriage”). Bill Whitman, a spokesman for the company, said those who try to protest such agendas are motivated by…
Filed under: Doctrine, Michael Carter on August 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
The great American, and 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt offered some wonderful advice about confidence and nurturing a willing attitude:
“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘certainly I can!’, then get busy and find out how to do it.”
The life of TR is filled with examples of how he lived up to his own advice. No one knew how to go about creating National Parks – it had never been done before. He did it. No one had written a how-to guide on being the youngest American President. When President McKinley was assassinated, “Teddy” didn’t…
Filed under: Authors, Gregg Alexander on August 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
In 1871, Isidor Straus, one of the owners of the R.H. Macy and Company department store, married his beloved wife, Rosalie Ida Blun. They were described as being inseparable and wrote to one another on a daily basis whenever they were apart. Their love for one another was strong, and on the evening of April 14, 1912, their love received the ultimate test.
You see, Isidor and Ida Straus were first class passengers on the RMS Titanic, and as we know…
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on August 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
