“There is no such thing as a great man of God, only weak, pitiful, faithless men of a great and merciful God.” - Paul Washer An American Christian Evangelist and author. He is from the Reformed Baptist tradition. Image credit: YouTube @HeartCry Missionary Society.

GENESIS Chapter 27 vv. 1-17 ~ ISAAC CALLS TO BLESS ESAU 1 Now it happened that when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” 2 And Isaac said, “Behold now, I am old, and I do not know the day of my death. 3 So now, please take up your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me; 4 and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to

“The clearest sensation that a human being has when he experiences the holy is an overpowering and overwhelming sense of creatureliness. That is, when we are in the presence of God, we are humbled and become most aware of ourselves as creatures. This is the opposite of Satan's original temptation, 'You shall be as gods.'” - R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God An American Reformed theologian, Christian apologist, and Presbyterian pastor. Being the founder and first chairman of Li

"In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes a blitzed Pacific island seem like an Eden. The damage is far greater than photographs can show." - Wilfred Burchett "Australian war correspondent who became the first Western journalist to enter Hiroshima after the atomic bombing. He traveled to the city against the wishes of the U.S. occupation authorities and filed a dispatch for the Dail

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Today in history, 16JUL1945, the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated in the New Mexico desert during the Trinity Test. The test, conducted at the Alamogordo Bombing Range, marked the culmination of the top-secret Manhattan Project—the United States' effort to develop an atomic weapon before Nazi Germany could do the same. While the Manhattan Project is most often associated with J. Robert Oppenheimer and the scientists at Los Alamos, it ultimately involved an estimat

"It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark." - Author Unknown (most commonly attributed to Howard Ruff, an American financial writer and preparedness advocate). Image credit: Charl Du Plessis via Depositphotos. Used under standard license

The Preparedness POA&M (plan of action & milestones) is a weekly column focusing on skills, self-sufficiency and taskers needed to shore up those areas that will allow us to be part of the solution. As hard times continue to unfold and resources become scarce, the prepared mind strives to take steps to mitigate those eventualities. In order to shepherd our cause, we must have a plan of action and continuously evaluate our progress via milestones as we consider the path onward

HEBREWS Chapter 9 vv. 1-28 ~ THE OLD COVENANT 1 Now even the first covenant had requirements of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary. 2 For there was a tabernacle prepared: the first part, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread, which is called the holy place. 3 And behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, 4 having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which

"It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm, grandiosity and self-importance ; a need for constant stimulation; a penchant for lying, deception and manipulation; and the incapacity for remorse or guilt." - Chris Hedges An American journalist, author, commentator and Presbyterian minister. Image credit: Chris Hedges at Church of All Souls in New York City, February 7, 2012 by David Sha

In order to be prepared smartly, we must be situationally aware of any given threat that looms on the horizon and take the necessary steps to eliminate and/or mitigate those threats. For your situational awareness (FYSA), this column focuses on parts of the Original Northwest Territory to include the following states: Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Due to their strategic importance to the TBR family, we have chosen to add the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. Our focus begins he

"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. In a gun fight... You need to take your time in a hurry." - Wyatt Earp An American lawman and an assistant marshal to his brother, Virgil Earp. Earp was involved in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which he and other lawmen killed three outlaws. Image credit: "Wyatt Earp in the mid-1870s" (1870s), author unknown. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (published before 1923, cropped and edited by blog author).

GENESIS Chapter 26 vv. 1-35 ~ YAHWEH ESTABLISHES THE OATH WITH ISAAC 1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your seed I will give all these lands, and I will e

Today, our nation marks an extraordinary milestone - 250 years since the birth of the United States of America. On 04JUL1776, fifty-six men placed their names upon a document that forever changed the course of history. They pledged to one another "their Lives, their Fortunes, and their sacred Honor," fully aware that failure would likely mean the gallows. Yet they signed anyway, believing that liberty was a gift from Almighty God - not a privilege granted by kings or governme

"No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation." - General Douglas MacArthur An American general who served as a top commander during World War II and the Korean War, achieving the rank of General of the Army. He served with distinction in World War I; as chief of staff of the United States Army from 1930 to 1935; as Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area, from 1942 to 1945; as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers overseeing th

Today in history, 03JUL1863, after three days of relentless fighting, the Confederate Army under General Robert E. Lee suffered a devastating defeat, marking what many historians consider the turning point of the American Civil War. The battle would draw to a close on July 3 when thousands of Confederate soldiers advanced across nearly a mile of open ground in the assault forever remembered as Pickett's Charge. Met by overwhelming Union artillery and rifle fire, the attack co