Do You Really Want to Be a Slave to Sin?

By Rand Hummel | January 4, 2017 | Comments Off on Do You Really Want to Be a Slave to Sin?

Rand Hummel This Is What God Says He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. (Prov. 7:22, 23)…

Training our Children for Ministry

By Taigen Joos | January 3, 2017 | Comments Off on Training our Children for Ministry

Taigen Joos Having lived in New England for over 16 years now, I have had the opportunity to visit many churches in the region. I am thankful for many godly men who faithfully proclaim God’s Word to their flocks week after week, and we pray regularly for the many churches who are still searching for…

Do Remarks on the Virgin Birth give “Street Cred" for Andy Stanley?

By Matt Recker | January 2, 2017 | Comments Off on Do Remarks on the Virgin Birth give “Street Cred" for Andy Stanley?

Matthew Recker Andy Stanley is the pastor of North Point Ministries, a church attended by about 30,000 people each week. On December 3, he preached a sermon called “Who Needs Christmas” in which he made outlandish, even shocking comments about the virgin birth and other cardinal doctrines. In this message, Stanley attacks Biblical inspiration, declares…

The Good Shepherd is the Forgiver of My Sin

By Sandy Hartman | December 30, 2016 | Comments Off on The Good Shepherd is the Forgiver of My Sin

Sandy Hartman Be a Forgetful Forgiver Forgetfulness is rarely a quality that people are proud to possess. Frequently, forgetfulness is associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s or the beginning of senility. In other scenarios people ascribe it to a lack of character or low intelligence (and to the person doing the forgetting, it can certainly…

The Good Shepherd is the Creator of the Heavens

By Stephen Caesar | December 29, 2016 | Comments Off on The Good Shepherd is the Creator of the Heavens

Stephen Caesar How Old Are the Stars? One of the strongest weapons in the arsenal of skeptics who reject young-universe Creationism has been the alleged great antiquity of the stars. As scientists currently date them, stars appear to be far older than would allow for a Biblical age of the universe. However, new, refined, technologically…

Praying for the Lost

By George Stiekes | December 28, 2016 | Comments Off on Praying for the Lost

George Stiekes The believer’s responsibility with regards to reaching the lost must begin with prayer. Paul makes this very clear in I Timothy 2:1-4: I exhort therefore, that FIRST OF ALL, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for ALL men: For kings, and for ALL that are in authority; that we may…

Praying for the Closed-Minded (2)

By George Stiekes | December 27, 2016 | Comments Off on Praying for the Closed-Minded (2)

George Stiekes See Part One. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-10 While listening to Christian radio, a program came on the air put out by Moody Bible Institute called,…

Praying for the Closed-Minded (1)

By George Stiekes | December 26, 2016 | Comments Off on Praying for the Closed-Minded (1)

George Stiekes After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-10 I have a list of people who need to be saved and some who I believe are saved but have backslidden…

Christmas Cookies in an Empty Coffee Can

By Volker Stoeckmann | December 23, 2016 | Comments Off on Christmas Cookies in an Empty Coffee Can

Volker Stoeckmann I sat listening intently as a middle-aged widow, the mother of four, taught us Bible stories in her broken English. She made the Bible come to life for my impressionable young mind as she pulled figures of Moses, Daniel, Ruth, John the Baptist, and the Christ-child out from the pages of her Bible…

Providence in the Incarnation of Christ (2)

By Layton Talbert | December 22, 2016 | Comments Off on Providence in the Incarnation of Christ (2)

Layton Talbert The following is an excerpt from the book, Not by Chance: Learning to Trust a Sovereign God (Greenville, S.C.: BJU Press, 2001). Part 1 recounted the providential context of the birth of Christ in history (politics, commerce, language) and then began discussing providential arrangements of specific circumstances including matters concerning John’s conception and…