Acts

March 15, 2024

March 15, 1944 – Baptism by fire (Part 1)

“In every battle, the last one hundred yards of the fight belongs to the Infantry. Armed with rifle and bayonet, Infantrymen must face and defeat the […]
March 14, 2024

March 14, 1944 – Skirmishes increase on the Anzio front line

The countless stone houses of standard design lined the few roads across the Anzio beachhead. To the front of Dad’s units the stone farm houses were […]
March 13, 2024

March 13, 1944 – Stories of Army nurses in WWII that will swell your heart

While writing the early drafts of my book, At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse, […]
March 13, 2024

Largest COVID vaccine study yet finds up to 3 times greater risk? True or false?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/02/19/covid-vaccines-linked-to-small-increase-in-heart-and-brain-disorders-study-finds-but-risk-from-infection-is-far-higher/?sh=6a31bf5c60ffA dear friend was deeply alarmed by this recent news headline, “Largest Covid vaccine study yet finds up to 3 times greater risk.” He wrote, “I […]
March 12, 2024

March 12, 1944 – Dad’s admiration for the amazing Army nurses

While still an inpatient at the field hospital on the Anzio beachhead, Dad wrote home and expressed great admiration for the nurses there.
March 11, 2024

March 11, 1944 – Hospitalized on Anzio with malaria

After dinner that evening at the field hospital on the Anzio beachhead, Second Lieutenant Phil Larimore, who had been hospitalized with malaria, felt well enough to […]
March 10, 2024

Should one pray for healing only versus seeking medical care only?

In my over 40 years as a physician, I’ve had to counsel many patients who have a deep religious faith who wrestle with choosing praying for […]
March 10, 2024

March 10, 1944 – Dad comes down with malaria

The Anzio Beachhead quieted down and took on the characteristics of garrison life. Because Phil and his men spent a lot of time in wet trenches, […]
February 23, 2020

The Fruit of the Spirit is … Joy – 9

When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.
February 28, 2020

The Fruit of the Spirit is … Peace – 7

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called […]
March 7, 2020

The Fruit of the Spirit is … Self-Control

Better a patient person than a warrior, those with self-control than those who take a city … Like a city whose walls are broken through is […]
March 14, 2020

When We Believe

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
March 14, 2020

After We Believe

Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those […]
March 16, 2020

Good Deeds – 2

I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.