Remember sword drills? I asked my Sunday school class of 7th and 8th graders a few weeks back if they remembered sword drills and many said yes. Then one student added, “I remember sword drills, testing our ability to be quick on the draw. The problem is we needed to be taught fencing. What good […]
What does it mean to love your neighbor today? What does it mean to consider the needs of others as more important than my own? Carmen talks with Dr. David Stevens from the Christian Medical and Dental Association about today’s Coronavirus status. In the second half, Ron Deal from Family Life Blended joins Carmen to […]
Carmen talks with Nick Pitts about the state of things as more and more closures are announced in response to the spread of the Coronavirus. The talk about preparation and opportunity everywhere for Gospel ministry. How might you love your neighbor? Put the concerns ahead of self? Carmen and Nick discuss a range of ideas […]
With all the armor covering our legs, chest, feet and arms, what’s left exposed is our head. So Paul says, in Ephesians 6:10-20, “take up the helmet of salvation.” That’s right, in the same way the breastplate guards the heart, the helmet protects the head. And this isn’t just any helmet, this is the helmet […]
Dr. Linda Mintle joins Carmen for a conversation about how we can fear not in days filled with so much reason to worry. Dr. Mintle offers practical advice, ideas and practices you can implement right now to fight fear, take every thought captive and bring the name of Jesus to bear on the havoc it […]
Philippians 2 seems a good place to start today. 1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in […]
Sometimes we just need someone to speak an idea into the chaos to help us find a footing upon which to build a new normal. Here are ten ideas you can use today as you face the uncertain future in the hands of a perfectly certain God. Trust God to be God and trust God […]
The shield of faith is an essential piece of the whole armor of God described by the apostle Paul in Ephesians 6:10-20. He says “the shield of faith” is that “with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one”. Flaming arrows or flaming darts sound terrifying so let’s consider two images […]
Carmen talks with Adam Holz from Focus on the Family’s PluggedIn about a range of media and entertainment topics and then discusses The Ethics of Warfare series posted by Dr. Bruce Ashford. They walk through the three categories and then the 7 justifications for war. Timely topic. http://tracking.feedpress.it/link/15795/13348882/03-13-2020-Mornings-with-Carmen-HR2.mp3
Carmen opened by sharing an experience at home with her family: “Last night we read Psalm 46 and talked through it with our teenagers. What does it mean for God to be our refuge, our strength and stronghold? How do we ride in Him and do we run to Him when we feel insecure or […]