The story is told that a young man came to understand the gospel and confess his faith in Jesus Christ in the last month of his life. As his...

Worship and Thanks and Blessing Worship, and thanks, and blessing, And strength ascribe to Jesus! Jesus alone defends His own, When earth an...

  Far Down the Ages Now Far down the ages now, Her journey well nigh done, The pilgrim Church pursues her way, And longs to r...

Fredericksburg, Texas

A blessed New Year to those who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. A very good reminder to start the New Year.  Malachi 3:6 For I am...

1 Corinthians 3:7   So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Here is an ...

I wrote a letter talking about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, and a few things she knew and did in her life. I also pondered what it would ...

  Kijabe mission station where RVA is located. Taken from the air around the general time this story occurs. 2 Kings 6:15-17 And when the ...

Here is another recipe from my Gramma Hoover, but this one was a loose card inside her write-in cook book. You can see how simply some recip...

  Some time back I scanned my Gramma Hoover's recipes from her write-in cook book. I posted them eventually on a photo storage site that...

Photo: Near Kingston, Tennessee. This was originally a "redneck" quiz, but in my opinion rednecks don't have an entirely good ...

Here is a thought from my dad, Stephen Van Nattan, about listening for God's leading. Often times we have to be moving before we hear Hi...

I haven't been feeling very well this week, but I wanted to schedule a post for today, so I'm just giving you some random pictures t...

 I ran across this documentary on YouTube yesterday and wanted to share it here. This is the story of Adoniram and Ann Judson who took the g...

Careless exalting of the “founding fathers” of the United States has become a real problem among U.S. believers. In their misguided zea...

An Australian friend of mine brought this statistic to my attention recently. Americans are expected to spend $8,000,000,000 on Halloween th...

I found these questions somewhere online. I'm sorry I don't remember where, nor do I remember if I added any of my own. ...

1. Alabama - The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in Alabama in 1861. 2.  Alaska - 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the Uni...

My mother and her brothers. Tanzania, 1957. Finding a beak in your chicken soup doesn't shock you. You have to fight panic when ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle invented the most famous detective of all time - Sherlock Holmes. His skill as a writer is unquestionable. Sadly, th...