Mt. Gilead Blog
Easter Grit
This year will be the 40th year that Dave and have been attending Mt. Gilead Easter Sunrise Services. I think I missed one Easter, the year my Dad passed away, but we have pretty much always celebrated Easter at 6 am every year at Inspiration Point. Why? Yes of course, because we work here, but[...]
A Treasure Trove of Truth
This morning I stumbled upon a treasure trove of gifts from God in His Word.“Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior].” Romans 8:1 The Amplified Bible“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our[...]
Your Move
When I was young I was always eager to get the boxes of cereal that had prizes inside of them. One of my favorite toys was the sliding puzzle. You could spend hours trying to slide each tile into the correct sequence. As I was thinking about the sliding puzzle I saw an uncanny[...]
Spiritual Famine
Over the last few years, I have been taking note of the number of God-fearing pastors, teachers and theologians that have gone home to be with Jesus. I listened to their podcasts, read their commentaries, Bible Studies or books. We have lost the voices of Ray Stedman, RC Sproul, Billy Graham, Warren Wiersbe, Charles[...]
Humbled
Sometimes a Bible verse pops to the surface and you think, wow, I will have ample opportunities to apply that verse all the days of my life. I Peter 5:6 is one of those types of verses. “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt[...]
By Faith Mt. Gilead Was Founded
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” Hebrews 11:1-3 By faith, great[...]
