by afladmin | Dec 29, 2016 | AFL Publications
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance...
by afladmin | Dec 22, 2016 | q&a
I am helping my dad with end-of-life planning—getting his will updated, planning his funeral. I keep seeing references to advanced directives. What are they and does Dad need one? AFL discourages using Advanced Directives, which are documents that try to communicate...
by afladmin | Dec 21, 2016 | Adoption
A is for Admitting that God is in control. After many years of trying to make a family happen in our own timeframe, pursuing medical intervention, and praying for healing, we finally succumbed to God’s plan of creating our family through adoption. This experience...
by afladmin | Dec 19, 2016 | AFL Publications
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the...
by afladmin | Dec 12, 2016 | AFL Publications
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to...