Category Archives: Wisdom of The Week

  You can tell it’s the first day of spring here in northwest Montana–it  is snowing!  We helped shovel the tennis courts yesterday in hopes that  maybe our high school team could get outside and practice this week, especially  since … Continue reading →

  (This devotional is based on an  editorial by Mark Maxwell, president of Prairie Bible Institute, in the  Servant magazine, issue eighty-six, 2010, and is  used with his permission.) “On  the fifth of August, 2010, some 700,000 tons of rock … Continue reading →

    One of the most fascinating books of the Bible was written by the  wisest–and possibly the wealthiest–man who ever lived yet who had at a point in his life tried to find his significance in possessions and accomplishments rather … Continue reading →

Throughout history people have often  wondered if they are facing the first impossible challenge that is even too  difficult for God. Abraham, for example was told by God that in him “all  the families of the earth would be blessed” … Continue reading →

So, what’s the  world’s tallest building?  For some 41 years, New York’s Empire State  Building, completed in 1931,  enjoyed that distinction at 1,250  feet.  Since then, many others have surpassed it, including the World Trade  Center Twin Towers completed in … Continue reading →

One of my favorite verses is Psa. 32:8: “The steps of a man are established by the LORD; and He delights in his way.”  I believe the “stops of a man” are established (ordered) by the Lord as well. Solomon  … Continue reading →

I’m sure most  of you are familiar with the fictional element called “Kryptonite.” It was  introduced in the radio drama “The Adventures of Superman” in 1943. It resulted from the radioactive remains of Superman’s native planet, Krypton. Kryptonite ore came … Continue reading →

(Portions of this devotional are  taken–with permission–from an article written by Bill Graf of Rio Grande Bible  Institute) The story is  told of a bloodhound who started chasing a deer but a fox crossed his path, so  he started chasing … Continue reading →

“FOLLOW THE  LIGHT” Our son,  grandson and I went cross country skiing last night. What a beautiful setting!  It was about 26 degrees, a light snow was falling, and the propane lights, placed periodically along “Shorty’s Loop,” were reflecting off the … Continue reading →

One of the new television programs this season that we have enjoyed is called “Undercover Boss,” and shows what takes place as the CEO of a company disguises himself and goes undercover and works for a week in various aspects of  his … Continue reading →