By Pete Briscoe
November 28, 2018
I love inventing words. One of my favorites is “mythstake.” A mythstake is a combination of a mistake and a myth. I keep checking in Webster’s dictionary...
By Pete Briscoe
November 27, 2018
I could talk about heaven all day long. Hell, on the other hand… not so much. Why not focus on the positive? Well, for one thing, Jesus spoke more about hell that he actually did heaven
By Pete Briscoe
November 26, 2018
Is it possible to be "so heavenly minded that you are of no earthly good"? I don't think so, actually. Having the truth about heaven in our minds puts everything else in perspective.
By Pete Briscoe
November 25, 2018
To be honest, I really don't like preaching "hell, fire, and brimstone". It always reminds me of red, puffy faced bald men with neckties that are way too tight.
By Pete Briscoe
November 24, 2018
Today’s devotional comes courtesy of my friend Todd, who once wrote this: During bedtime prayers with my little boy several years ago, I was praying my usual words when he jumped in
By Pete Briscoe
November 23, 2018
Life is busy. It is and always has been. I know we look back at life 200 years ago as if it were more simple and less demanding, but imagine trying to put together a new country in the ashes of war.
By Pete Briscoe
November 22, 2018
Wow, that about says it all, doesn’t it? While the smoke and blood of the U.S. Civil War was billowing and flowing, Lincoln called everyone to a day of “Thanksgiving and Praise”—just as Paul...
By Pete Briscoe
November 21, 2018
Philo was a philosopher who lived both before and after Jesus (20 BC-50 AD)—a brilliant guy living in the most incredible period of all history. I looked up the word antidote in the dictionary.
By Pete Briscoe
November 20, 2018
Giving thanks to God is clearly appropriate, isn’t it? It’s just right to “acknowledge with Gratitude” our dependence on Him for “benefits received.” For those of us who are learning...
By Pete Briscoe
November 19, 2018
The church in Corinth was quite wealthy. Okay, so they were pretty loaded. The church in Jerusalem was rather poor to start with and for several years, they were also under a severe famine.