The 11th Commandment Such was the title of a children’s story my own children listened to countless times when they were small. It was about a family who were waiting for a guest pastor to arrive, and stay with them over Saturday night, before his visit to their church the next day. The parents were annoyed when a violent storm brought a stranger to their door, whose car had broken down nearby. They let him in most reluctantly, as they…
We Are at War! There is a war going on in the world today, and I’m not talking about Ukraine or other visible wars. This war is against us, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. We see it all around us in the perverse and wicked ideologies that have been in the works for decades, but have crept in and taken over most noticeably in the past few years. We see this all around us, not only in the…
JUNE 5, 1976. June 5 has been a special day for me in more than one way through the years. The first was 46 years ago today. Very few people who know me today will recognize the handsome young man in this picture, but he was a significant part of my life, and helped shape who I am today. This is my first husband, Bob Langdon, on our wedding day – June 5, 1976. Our marriage lasted only two years,…
Ten months ago, I renamed my blog, Back to the Old Paths, to reflect its new theme and purpose. My blog used to be more a place to share my thoughts, and sometimes my writing, fiction or otherwise. But in the situation we currently find ourselves in, in our society and in the world at large, I have a desire to share the truth as it is found in God’s Word, the Bible. Even as believers in the Lord Jesus…
Some people believe we don’t need the whole Bible, but can toss the Old Testament and keep only the New Testament. They believe the God of the Old Testament was a totally different God from the God of the New Testament. That is false. All scripture is the Word of God, and it is the height of foolishness and arrogance for us to think we can discard the bits we don’t like. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God,…
How can I know the will of God? Does God speak to us today? How do you know if it’s God who is leading you to do something? Someone asked me that a couple of years ago, and I said it’s a deep, established, quiet inner knowing; restful, and not chaotic. What I meant was, God does not torment us or badger us the way the enemy of our soul does. My friend agreed wholeheartedly. But it soon became evident…
Yes! It absolutely can, and it will, if we don’t wake up! How do I know? Because it’s already happening. In the past few years, our world has turned topsy-turvy. Black is white and white is black. Good is evil and evil is good. Right is wrong and wrong is right. Truth is relative and there are no absolutes. People are “woke” when they need to be AWAKE. In April, 1967, a high school world history teacher in Palo Alto,…
A few weeks ago I posted a quote on Facebook: “There is no such thing as ‘your truth’ or ‘my truth.’ There is only THE truth. Truth, like gravity, is absolute. It just is.” – Heidi St. John In response, someone posted the following picture: What’s Wrong with This Picture? On the surface, it appears to be accurate, but it has a fundamental flaw. My friend was trying to show that all three are true, depending on the viewer’s perspective…
Valentine’s Day fell on a Sunday in 1982, and Friday night was inconvenient for family travelling from far away. So we were married on Saturday, February 13. Yesterday would have been our 40th anniversary. We were married 37 years when he was called Home almost three years ago. It is that last anniversary I cherish the most, although at the time neither of us knew it would be our last. We didn’t celebrate on the 13th that year, but waited…
Back to the Old Paths… What does it mean? Why did I choose it for the name of my blog? What are the old paths? Luke 3:4-7 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be…