Posts by teale@wbwebdesigns.com

Posts by teale@wbwebdesigns.com

Repenting in Dust and Ashes

My parents came down this past week to celebrate my birthday with me. For years, our tradition has been for them to take me to a restaurant of my choice for dinner. We did that and had a wonderful time. But in selecting a place, because my mom has been talking for awhile about wanting to go visit Galveston, I considered going down there and having seafood. I even made a reservation at one place, but I was surprised that…

Survival of the Faithful

We are in the process of preaching our way through the book of Acts this year. Last week, we looked at the first part of chapter 2; this morning, we will finish that up, studying Peter’s sermon. But as most of us know, this is where we find recorded the great events that transpired on the Day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit descended and filled the disciples who were gathered together, empowering them to speak in languages they had never…

What Child is This?

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6 Unlike most British hymn writers in the 18th and early 19th centuries, William Chatterton Dix was not a minister. His father was a surgeon, and he was a businessman, the manager of the Maritime Insurance Company in Glasgow, Scotland. But in…