by Pat Cooper | Mar 26, 2021 | Daily Devotional
Barbed wire twisted along the top of the 12-foot fence surrounding the 11-acre campus of the Ellis Unit in Huntsville, Texas. Although I couldn’t actually see anyone, the sense of someone perched in the guard tower, rifle in hand, watching as I drove into the...
by Pat Cooper | Feb 19, 2021 | Daily Devotional
If you’re like me, you grew up in an old-fashioned church where King James was a Bible, not a basketball player. People sang hymns like I’ll Fly Away with such zeal that we kids would anxiously look to see if anyone in the congregation would sprout wings...
by Pat Cooper | Nov 25, 2020 | Daily Devotional
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom...
by Pat Cooper | Oct 31, 2020 | Daily Devotional
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. — Psalm 16:11 I love this Psalm. I wasn’t very old when I first heard it, but I was old enough to know that there...
by Pat Cooper | Sep 11, 2020 | Daily Devotional
Saint Augustine of Hippo (345 AD – 430 AD), one of the most significant figures of the post-apostolic church age and a substantial contributor to the development of Western philosophical thought and the theology of the church, was canonized and recognized as a...
by Pat Cooper | Aug 5, 2020 | Daily Devotional
After our ship had pulled into port at Playa del Carmen, and we were allowed to disembark. The first thing I wanted to do was stroll along the pristine beaches, feeling the soft white sand swirl between my toes. I love the sea, and cruise vacations are one of my...
