Author Archives: Barbara
Choose to Praise God
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Praising God is so much more than just singing songs each week in church services, although that can be a part of it. It’s realizing how BIG God is and how little … Continue reading
Choose to Embrace the Day
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren One of my favorite scriptures is Psalm 118:24: “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” That means every day is a brand … Continue reading
Choose to Be on God’s Side
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Abraham Lincoln was president during one of the most trying times in our nation – the Civil War. According to several books written about Lincoln, when a man approached him and … Continue reading
Choose to Love God Regardless
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren In Romans we are asked a rhetorical question, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” … Continue reading
Choose to “Eat” Your Bible
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Menelik II was an intelligent, dynamic African ruler who lived from 1844 to 1913. He established the nation of Ethiopia and is remembered for preserving the freedom of his people by defeating … Continue reading
Choose to Be a Good Christian, Not a Bad One
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren One of my favorite movies is The Wizard of Oz. I love it! Dorothy spins over that rainbow and lands on top of a wicked witch. Then the lovely Glinda floats down … Continue reading
Choose Not to Idolize People
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Moses was a meek man. God chose him to lead Israel out of Egypt. He parted the Red Sea. God gave him the Ten Commandments. Those in the campground who occasionally caught … Continue reading
Choose to Be a Christian, Not a Religionist
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Are you religious? People make a huge error thinking that Christianity is a religion. It’s not so much a religion as it is a lifestyle. Religion is what you believe, but … Continue reading
Choose to Drink or Not? (Part 2)
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Recently I heard a radio preacher tell people it was a sin to drink alcoholic beverages. He cited death statistics for drunk drivers, scriptures focusing on wine being a mocker (Proverbs 20:1), … Continue reading
Choose to Drink or Not? (Part 1)
Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Recently I heard a radio preacher tell people it was a sin to drink alcoholic beverages. This minister seemed pretty well-versed in the Bible and has a fairly large following. Yet … Continue reading
