Posts by Brandon Starnes
Hedgemaker Baptist – God’s Faithfulness at Birth
The fact that God is faithful means that he can be trusted. Mankind can trust God all the way from birth to the hearse. We can trust God in life and in death. In one sense, we are all born trusting in God’s provisions. Birth itself is a miracle from God. None of us would…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – A Fruitful Harvest (November 2023)
I recently uncovered a textbook from my Bible College Days titled Bible Manners and Customs. I don’t remember being overly fond of the laborious details in that book! But there was a purpose for its study. It brought to light the differences between the world and times of Bible peoples and our modern-day cultures. As one…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – The Fowls of the Air (October 2023)
There are many Bible characters that had struggles with worry or anxiety: *Martha (Luke 10:41) “thou art careful and troubled about many things” Martha was burdened by service and ministry. She allowed the cares of life to come between her and the Savior. *Moses (Ex. 3:11) “Who am I…” Moses suffered from fear of his…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – The Grass of the Field (September 2023)
My front yard in the month of August is usually a desert of brown- dry, crunchy, brown grass. Our lives are like that grass of the field.“As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth” Psa. 103:15. And yet God shows generous favor… “He shall come down…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – Consider the Lilies (August 2023)
I suffered a spiritual discouragement recently, and I allowed my mind to wander with worry longer than I should have. Then I called on the Lord in prayer, and He said, “Take no anxious thought.” And I turned my mind to the passage in Matthew 6 which says, “Consider the lilies of the field, for…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – Help Needed (July 2023)
Have you ever needed help? Have you had a friend who needed YOUR help? Maybe a little help or maybe a lot? There is an account in the gospels of a man sick with the palsy (a paralysis of some kind). This lame man’s friends went to great lengths to bring him face to face…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – Renovation Realities (June 2023)
On popular home makeover shows, a professional team of designers, carpenters, and electricians will descend on an unsuspecting homeowner and renovate a part, or all, of their home in a matter of hours or days. It is inspiring and exhausting at the same time! The work of renovation is a good mental image for the…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – Before and After (May 2023)
Most of us who have lived more than a few decades (and many who are much younger) can divide our life into one or two dramatic “before” and “after” moments. This comes as no surprise. The history of humanity hinges on the generations of “Before Christ” and the 2,000-plus years “After Christ.” For every born-again…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – Be Thou My Vision (April 2023)
“Be Thou My Vision” is one of Christianity’s oldest and best-loved hymns. This eighth-century, anonymous, Irish hymn expresses humanity’s ageless need for a vision of Christ, the Light of the World, and a deep, soul’s desire for His presence (a sun and shield) to guide us through all our days. Have you ever noted the…
Read MoreRejoicing In The Word For Ladies – Love Like an Ocean (March 2023)
“Love Like an Ocean” “For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is His also. The sea is His, and He made it: and His hands formed the dry land.” Psalm 95:3-5. God has revealed so…
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