Is the Parousia Going to Happen?
“Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.’ For »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, February 2021
We Have This Moment So teach us to number our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom. – Psalm 90:12 This morning, I am 13,316 days old. This puts me somewhere around the halfway point of the average lifespan of 27,375 days. Around 10,000 days ago, one of »
Time Flies, Drags
“They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” - Revelation 6:10 How often have we said, “Where did all the time go?” Yet at the beginning of a »
How I Think Is Who I Am
“For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” - Proverbs 23:7 Everyone; people of every intellect, every economic status, every race, every age, and every language have something in common: they think. As the French philosopher Descartes famously said, “I think, therefore I am.” The Bible is »
What Can Man Do To Me?
"So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’" - Hebrews 13:6 Four times in the larger Christmas story messengers from God have one primary recommendation to their trembling audience: do not fear! Zechariah, John the Baptist’s father; Mary, »
Paul Anderson Youth Home Earns Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
Paul Anderson Youth Home Earns Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities CARF approval underscores the high standards of the Christ-centered youth home. (VIDALIA, GA) Paul Anderson Youth Home (PAYH) announced they have received a three-year accreditation by CARF, an independent nonprofit organization focused on advancing the quality »
Three Gifts, Not Necessarily Three Kings
“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King, behold wisemen (Magi) from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, January 2021
New Year's Resolutions “... forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 3:13-14 Most of us make New Year’s resolutions. Often, we resolve to lose »
A Backwater Event?
“And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” - Luke 2:7 The birth of »
I Want to Shout About It!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s the time of year when we celebrate the birth of Christ. What a blessing it is for us to be able to call Him our Savior and Lord. As we look back upon what has been a very different year, we can see His hand at work at »
Matthew, Luke and Christmas
“But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.” – Luke 2:19 The Four Gospels tell us about the life of Jesus Christ. The Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, parallel most of these stories of Jesus. But we encounter something unusual in reading Matthew 2 and »