Gen 49:5-7; Exo 2:1-10; 6:20; Acts 7:20-22; Heb 11:23-26 In an ideal world filled with sunshine and buttercups, rainbows and butterflies, lemonade and candy, one nice, happy, cookie-cutter family raises children who go on to marry people from other nice, happy, cookie-cutter families, and this story just keeps going. But thanks to sin, this has…
As you probably know, just last week our nation observed The National Day Of Prayer. President Donald Trump issued an official proclamation concerning it, and events occurred in relationship to it. One of those events included a time of prayer held on the White House lawn. Representatives from various well-known religions participated in the prayer…
Let me tell you how a new evangelistic ministry is reaching the lost in our community! First a Bit of History A middle-aged friend of mine, Wynn Freeman, who came to Christ as a young man in the back seat of a squad car after he was arrested for drug possession, had made me think…
This article is excerpted from a blog where a member of the FBFI Emeritus Board shares his thoughts and musings. Frankly, I’ve read only one book on the subject of grace that was signally helpful to me, but in the context of my grace journey that book was a capstone to several other influences in…
My generation of pastors and leaders has faced unusual challenges. Many of the leaders of my generation inherited plateaued or declining ministries from their predecessors. From the 1940s until the 1980s were boom years for fundamentalism and its related ministries in this country. “The Greatest Generation” made many outstanding contributions to Christian ministry. There seemed…
A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none (Luke 13:6). Jesus spoke the parable of the fig tree as a picture of Israel nationally. For three years, the tree produced no fruit. Therefore, doom faced the nation; three years of fruitlessness meant…
In a long, extended sentence, Paul demonstrated how to pray for other believers (Eph 1:15-21). First, he thanked God for those believers who came to mind. He did this “continually,” which means that whenever they came to mind, he prayed for them; and whenever he prayed for them, he did so with an underlying gratefulness…
There is an old joke about a husband and wife who were visiting a cemetery. As they placed flowers on the grave of a loved one, they noticed a marker a few feet away. Under the name of the deceased the inscription read, “A lawyer and an honest man.” The husband spoke up, “Look, Dear!…
In case you missed it, HBO just broadcasted the eighth and final season of their show “Game of Thrones” which is based off George R.R. Martin’s books. This show (and the books) have now become a sort of cultural phenomenon. The show was the most expensive TV show produced in 2018 and promises to have…
Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on you, I wait all the day (Psalm 25:4-5). For every one of us, there will come that horrible moment when we just do not know what to do.…