Monthly Archives: July 2019

Raising the Standard One of the names of God is Jehovah Nissi. This name means “The Lord is my banner”. When we raise our flags or banners in worship, we are symbolically exalting the name of Jesus. Banners, flags and ensigns are used interchangeably throughout the bible. The word “flag” is a recent word used to refer […]

The Santa Barbara flag was designed and created in 1920, and was adopted as the official city flag 3 years later in 1923. The tower on the flag is in red on white, the colors of Saint Barbara. The red and gold rosette and ribbon of the king of Spain remind us the city’s Spanish origins.