Remembering Christmas Almost everywhere you go Christmas music can be heard. Stores and homes are decorated. Christmas trees are shining brightly with all their lights and ornaments. Gifts are wrapped with pretty paper and ribbon. The mailbox is full of Christmas cards and invitations to parties. All this is in preparation to celebrate a special [...]
No Need or Want In Philippians, the apostle Paul writes, “I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, [...]
In Everything Give Thanks “In everything give thinks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Editor’s note: The following was adapted from a sermon Dr. Forrest preached on August 3, 1947, in Toccoa, Georgia. Paul’s words written to the Thessalonians were both an exhortation and command. However, many times [...]
In Everything Give Thanks “In everything give thinks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Editor’s note: The following was adapted from a sermon Dr. Forrest preached on August 3, 1947, in Toccoa, Georgia. Paul’s words written to the Thessalonians were both an exhortation and command. However, many times [...]
God’s Love St. Augustine once said, “He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.” The Apostle Paul takes a whole chapter to explain the importance of love. He reminds the Corinthian church that without love we have nothing (1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NASB). Paul gives the definition of love in these virtues: “Love [...]
Looking unto Jesus WHEN WE HAVE A NEED, where do we look for solutions? Most of us look everywhere else except to the One who can really help: Jesus. He is God and is able to help whatever the need. He is also man and therefore understands our inabilities. Even more than that, He delights [...]
Something Wonderful! Editor’s note: This week’s devotion is pulled from the book Dam Break in Georgia—a collection of personal testimonies from those who survived the devastating flood that swept through the Toccoa Falls College campus in the early hours of November 6, 1977. The rage of the waters was not assuaged. The next residence in [...]
In the Dumps Editor’s note: The following was adapted from a radio sermon Dr. Forrest preached on 12/3/44 1 Kings 19:9-13 Recently a young woman ended up in my office talking about how she was under a cloud of doubt and fear. Moments before she arrived, I had just finished reading a letter from a [...]
Trust Him Former instructor and original college archivist Esther Voelker kept the following poem framed and hung in a prominent location in her humble, steel-building campus home. For those who were smart enough to push past the steely outer layer of her personality, a wonderful discovery awaited them. Her unwavering faith, decisive sense of hope, [...]
The Legacy of TFC “WHY DO WE HAVE a college like Toccoa Falls College?” Dr. Forrest posed this question to the group gathered for Thanksgiving in 1941. His delivery was simple and unchanging throughout the years. God had given him a vision—one that he never strayed from and which today is a reality through the [...]
