I shared with my wife how the snowstorm, fog, and ice had left my hunting pal and I stranded on a lake thirty miles from the highway in Alaska’s interior; how when we left, we took off from the lake going in a circle on one pontoon breaking a thin layer of ice. Her immediateContinue reading “IN CAPABLE HANDS”
Tag Archives: alaska
GOD PAVED A HIGHWAY
No matter where I have lived, it seems that there is constant complaining about the condition of our high-ways. They have too many holes; they do not pave these often enough, when they bring them up to date, the electric, telephone, sewage or water company decides to put something new underground. If live in Arizona,Continue reading “GOD PAVED A HIGHWAY”
CAPABLE HANDS
That type of experience had been my lot on numerous occasions while pastoring and doing missionary work in Alaska. It had caused me to say often, “I would rather be in the hands of the “bush pilots” under crash-conditions than in the hands of a normal pilot under routine conditions.” I honestly felt that way.Continue reading “CAPABLE HANDS”
A CUP OF COOL WATER
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:13-14 This morning I am eating breakfast andContinue reading “A CUP OF COOL WATER”
AWAKE
Conducting special meetings on the banks of the Yukon River in Alaska, the village of Eagle, was somewhat of an education to say the least. The Missionary informed me that in order to acquire a congregation for the service, we would probably find it necessary to knock, visit and invite at each home just priorContinue reading “AWAKE”
LOVE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY
We hear much about LOVE these days, but it does not seem to be a reality when you consider the problems in our society. You cannot help but feel that it is all “talk” with very little “walk”. For instance, there is this chapter of Romans (12) that hits us right smack between the eyes.Continue reading “LOVE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY”
ETCetera 