Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass (Psalm 37:5). Commit thy works unto the LORD, and Thy thoughts shall be established (Proverbs 16:3). New Year’s Resolutions are somewhat traditional in America, not that many keep them. People resolve to change bad practices, behavior, and habits…
The Insurance Journal claims some cities are safer than others from natural disasters. Of the 50 largest US metro areas, Oklahoma City OK, Austin TX, and Miami FL are the riskiest, with Miami being the worst. Sacramento CA, Salt Lake City UT, and Portland OR are the safest, with Portland being the best. NYC is…
Daniel 5:1-31 Harvard professor George Santayana once wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”1 Over the years, this statement has been paraphrased in a number of ways. “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it;” “Those who do not know history’s mistakes are doomed to repeat them.”…
Baptist World Mission’s emphasis on “planting churches worldwide” is more than a slogan; it encapsulates our understanding of mission theology and praxis in the New Testament. It is the outworking of the Great Commission, as demonstrated by the apostle Paul’s tireless efforts to plant and mature churches on the mission field. But how can the…
My lifelong friend Chaplain Mike Sproul posted this on his Facebook page today. He has granted me permission to share it with you. [KSchaal]. Yesterday, my son-in-law and grandson went with me as we visited four Civil War battlefields: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. We stood next to the brick wall by…
For Christmas day, we offer the texts that formed my Christmas series of sermons this year.1 Alas, we were reduced to “on-line only” as our government shutdown all church services through this season. The Word of God nevertheless speaks, pointing to our Redeemer who arrived as a babe in Bethlehem and will return as a…
Christmas is the only holiday you never want to arrive because that means Christmas is going to end. What makes the Christmas season so enjoyable is the season itself and the anticipation. So we’ll take down the lights. We’ll pack away the decorations. And eventually, we’ll stop listening to Christmas music. No more “O Holy…
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever: with my mouth will I make known Thy FAITHFULNESS to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever: Thy FAITHFULNESS shalt Thou establish in the very heavens (Psalm 89:1-2). The emphasis of Psalm 89 is the “Faithfulness of God.” No…
Delivered on Sunday morning, December 21, 1856, by the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon Republished in FrontLine • November/December 1999. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. “Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.”—Mark 5:19 The case of the man…
The great Servant passages of Isaiah begin first with a message to the nation, but the second Servant passage addresses a person. Isa 42:1 ¶ Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Matthew quotes…