Mountain Top Musings

Read Mark 10:13-16. Can children come to Christ?  I believe that they not only can, but they should. Spurgeon said, “I have sometimes ...

“For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do ...

Read 2 Timothy 1:3-5. Paul was Timothy’s spiritual “father,” in that he took the young man under his wing, and helped shaped him into ...

Read Ephesians 6:1-4. Every child is born with self-centeredness and rebellion in their heart. There has only been one virgin to conce...

Read Proverbs 22:6. When I worked with clay on the potter’s wheel, there were basic skills used to shape each vessel.  Yet, the clay w...

Read 1 Kings 22:51-53. 1 Kings ends with several verses that summarize the course of the kingdom of Israel. Did you realize that from ...

Read Numbers 14:18. When I studied art, I was given a lump of clay. It was placed on the potter’s wheel, water was used to moisten it,...

Read 2 Corinthians 10:3-6. What Paul says of Christian warfare in general can be applied to the battle for our family in particular. T...

Read Ephesians 6:10-18. The war we are in for the souls of our children is real. Just because we do not use bullets and bombs, but Bib...

Read Proverbs 13:20.  “A man is known by the company he keeps,” is the old saying. Another form of that is, “Birds of a feather f...

Read 1 Kings 11:1-12:20. What one generation permits in moderation, the next generation excuses in excess. Wars are not usually lost i...

Read Judges 2:7-12. You need to be a fighting family. I’m not advocating that we fight with each other, but fight for one another. If ...

Read John 1:19-34 John the Baptist bridged the gap between the close of the Old Covenant and the coming of the New Covenant—the last o...

Read Luke 15:11-32. Here is a story of a bad son turned good and a good son who was truly bad. The former is more familiar, but the la...

Read Proverbs 4:10-27. The home is the classroom of life and parents have been designated by God as the instructors. Grandparents are ...

Read 1 Kings 8:54-61. The prayer of Solomon for blessing at the time of the dedication of the house of God, offers a model for blessin...

Read Deuteronomy 6:4-9 If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time!  What should be our goal in teaching children in the home an...

Read Genesis 8. The flood waters had receded. The judgment of a wicked world was completed, and the earth had been washed clean of its...

Read Revelation 22. I love the old hymn, “The Unclouded Day.” 1 O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies, O they tell me of a ...

Read Revelation 21:9-27. The Heavenly City is a place of breathtaking beauty. It is a place prepared for the people of God by the Grea...