Author: Barbara Greenhow

I am a woman in my nineties who has been a believer for almost seventy-five years. My purpose in writing is twofold. I am still working out many issues about what it means to be “in Christ’, and I find that writing things down somehow helps me clarify my thoughts. The other reason I write is to share some of my insights with others who may have the same questions. In sharing ideas and experiences, I think we help each other grow. I am definitely still learning. I am a conservative Christian, but I try to live under Grace rather than Law. I believe that we need to study Scripture vigilantly, because it is one of the two guides we have to the will of God for us. The other is the Person of Jesus Christ, and He is to be our example and mentor as we sojourn here on Earth. With these as our teachers, I believe we can come to live lives which glorify God and effectively share His Good News of redemption and forgiveness.

Thy Will Be Done

I was still a young bride in January of 1956.  Along with the rest of the world, my husband and I were shocked and horrified when we heard of the deaths of the five missionaries (Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed…

Forgiven

Occasionally the Lord is gracious enough to open my mind for a second to receive a new insight about truth I thought I already knew. One of these moments occurred in church last week.  We were in the middle of…

Independence

Today as I write this, it is the Fourth of July.  We Americans love this holiday.  It celebrates our independence; the assertion of our right to govern ourselves, and our determination not to let others dictate to us how we…

Who Is Jesus?

Many years ago I worked for a small manufacturing company whose founder and president was a believer.  He had hired only other believers (from many different denominations) to work in the office, but outsourced some positions to non-believers.  One of…