You bear God’s NAME – Household Words:

DO THESE SURNAMES MEAN ANYTHING? 1 Peter 1:18-19;2

(I wrote this devotional for my own children.) Do these surnames mean anything to you? Wales. Connolly. Kemp. Courtney. Fletcher. Walker. O’Leary. Thompson. Davis. McBride. Womack. McCoy. Middleton. Washington. Dixon. Tucker. Campbell. Pope. Childers. Puckett. Drinkwater. Simpson. Cox. Brickers. Carter. Anderson. Presley. Claiborne. Woodson. Smith. Dandridge. Dennis. These are ancestral names of my grandfather WillieContinue reading “DO THESE SURNAMES MEAN ANYTHING? 1 Peter 1:18-19;2”

COME LET US REASON TOGETHER. Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 45.

In the book of Isaiah, God speaks frankly, in a straightforward style. Because of translation challenges, some of the wording may seem old or “religious,” but that should be corrected. This is God offering you a seat at His table, a good meal, and a good conversation. Let’s paraphrase and put it in today’s English:Continue reading “COME LET US REASON TOGETHER. Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 45.”