What We Leave Behind

What We Leave Behind

After my father’s funeral last week Karen and I had to travel back to Fayetteville (about two hours by car) to get some important papers so I could start my father’s Veteran Administration benefit (a widow’s pension) for my mother. But now that I think about it even...
The Sting of Death

The Sting of Death

I dedicate this article to the loving memory of my father John E. Stahl Sr. who died 3 Jan 2010. Dad I love and miss you so very much and know I will see you again. You have impacted my life is so many ways. In ways as a guide-on to model my life after; in being a...
Something I Seem to Re-learn

Something I Seem to Re-learn

I would like to preface this article by saying this article has been written after much soul searching and inward reflection of my greater need to be more like Jesus in this area and many others. But, in 2009 the Lord again taught me again to keep my eyes on Him. The...
They Overcame

They Overcame

After Thanksgiving 2009, Jake Luffy and I departed for Nairobi, Kenya to be with Pastor Joesph Mutua for a few weeks. Niki Marsov from Silistra, Bulgaria joined us when we arrived from Mombassa. We were asked to share in a week-long conference Pastor Joesph was...
Lack of Hearing God’s Word

Lack of Hearing God’s Word

A few weeks ago Karen and I did a book signing at the US Marine Corps Exchange (MCX). I so enjoy doing book signings, what a wonderful time sharing the Gospel with complete strangers and selling a few books to support Beholding His Glory. We usually bring a six foot...
The Sting of Death

What Are We After

In the Books of Acts in the town of Antioch of Pisidia Paul stood up in the synagogue on the sabbath and recounted the oral history of the Jews by saying, “And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and...
At the End of God’s Line

At the End of God’s Line

Often times we mistake God’s longsuffering for His faithfulness.  Now that is worth repeating again, often times we mistake God’s longsuffering for His faithfulness.  Did you know there is a plum line of righteousness and truth we must walk correctly in to exist in...
Something I Seem to Re-learn

More Than Believing

Karen and I were at the commissary (a type of supermarket where only people associated with the military can go) a few weeks ago and we over heard a lady say, “we have to hold on believing” and the Holy Spirit quickened in my spirit, “hold on to what?” I answered my...