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About Pastor Dave

Until my retirement 2 years ago, I pastored an independent Bible church in Northwest Montana for nearly 38 years. During that time I also helped establish a Christian school, and a Bible Camp. I am married and have children and grandchildren. The Wisdom of the Week devotional is an outgrowth of my desire to share what God is doing in my life and in our world, and to challenge you to be a part.

The Light of the Word

 I took a friend hunting (or as we like to say here because of the loss of wildlife due to the wolves, lions and bears, “hiking with our guns”) last Friday. We covered quite a distance in the mountains and … Continue reading

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Wise as Serpents

 We saw something unusual on one of our daily walks this past week. We saw a group of neighborhood children playing a pick-up game of tag football. What a novel idea!  Normally when we walk around our neighborhood (which contains … Continue reading

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God’s Special Blessings

  It is easy to get discouraged in the world in which we live, especially as a believer seeing the spiritual decline of our own culture and nation. The world is under a curse because of sin and the heart … Continue reading

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Identity Theft

A lady in our home Bible study group had her identity stolen and went through quite a difficult year attempting to get it back. Maybe some of you have had a similar experience. Just misplacing a credit card is not … Continue reading

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The Bristlecone Pine and the Church

 We’ve had the privilege over the past few weeks of hearing a number of missionary reports from ministries all around the globe and it is exciting to hear what God is doing as He builds His Church world-wide.  It is … Continue reading

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“Bible Centered Ministries”

       During our junior high and high school years my wife and I both attended “Big Sky Bible Camp” on Peterson Lake near Bigfork, Montana. The camp was started by a couple Bible Club Movement missionaries, Miss Clark and … Continue reading

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Convenience or Commitment?

 For those of you who spent some time in college, you may recall being assigned several books to read for one of your courses, and realizing that at your reading speed and with other homework you would never be able … Continue reading

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Beautiful Feet

  “AWANA”  (which stands for “Approved Workman Are Not Ashamed” from II Tim. 2:15) is an international Christian youth program that we ran at Three Lakes Bible Church and is also conducted at Faith Bible Church where we now attend. It … Continue reading

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One Couple’s Impact on an Entire Community

       This past Saturday, we had the privilege of attending a 90th birthday celebration for Nora Mae Auge. Many of her children and grandchildren gave testimonies of how her godly example and prayers had kept them on track for … Continue reading

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A Lack of Knowledge

 God, in speaking to and through the prophet Hosea, said: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” (Hos. 4:6).  What was true of the Jews and the nation of Israel in Hosea’s day, can be said concerning our present age, … Continue reading

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