Author Archives: Barbara

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com We can’t come to Christ apart from God’s grace, because we can’t save ourselves.  If we could, we would not need a Savior.  The gospel of Christ is all … Continue reading →

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com We live in a world of rejection.  All of us have experienced it in one way or another.  Maybe as a shy boy you were turned down for a … Continue reading →

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com   Martin Luther said, “To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible that to be alive without breathing.”  Yet that’s what many try to do.  They call … Continue reading →

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com   Robert Robinson was a bit wild in his youth.  However in his early twenties he settled down.  He became an adamant follower of Jesus and a dedicated Methodist … Continue reading →

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com   Oswald Chambers once wrote, “The typical view of the Christian life is that it means being delivered from all adversity.  But it actually means being delivered in adversity, … Continue reading →

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com Every day is a new beginning.  In other words, today is the first day of the rest of your life, don’t screw it up.  Each day is a … Continue reading →

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com   Proverbs has a lot to say about fools and none of it is good.  Here is just a sample… Proverbs 1:7 – Fools despise wisdom and instruction. … Continue reading →

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com   We should all strive to be kind but showing loving kindness goes one step farther.  Loving kindness requires us to give just a little bit more to … Continue reading →

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com   We live in a rude, self-centered world.  Many are too busy to show common courtesies.  Actually, courtesy is not quite as “common” as it used to be.  … Continue reading →

A Year of Choices… By Barbara Dahlgren from Barbara’s Banter at www.barbdahlgren.com  To edify means to enlighten or improve.  1 Corinthians 8:1 tells us that knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.  This is a fancy way of saying “know it … Continue reading →