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Treasuring Our Time (Part Two)
Jerry Sivnksty In Ephesians 5:16 the apostle Paul wrote, “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” We as God’s children are living in evil days; therefore we ought to be making the most of our time. Recently I read an article about how George Whitefield and his close friends kept records of how they…
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Jerry Sivnksty Many people are consumed with watching their investments. They are in constant touch with their broker or watching the business channel to make sure their finances are working for them. Their minds are focused on making right investments. The same should be true of us who are investing in eternity.
Read MoreMatthew Henry: Serious Self-Examination before Ordination (3)
Mark Minnick Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ This is Part Three ♦ Part Four Pastor Minnick offers us Matthew Henry’s thorough meditation of self-examination on the occasion of his ordination. Part One dealt with the question, “What Am I?” and Part Two dealt with the questions, “What Have I Done?” and “From What Principles…
Read MoreWhat a Pastor Wants from the Music Ministry
Danny Sweatt Music in the church is often seen as either an end in itself or as merely a means to an end. Some people, particularly musicians, consider music the most important component of a church service. The modern, contemporary movement certainly seems to encourage that viewpoint, in practice if not in creed. It is…
Read MoreMatthew Henry: Serious Self-Examination before Ordination (2)
Mark Minnick Part One ♦ This is Part Two ♦ Part Three ♦ Part Four Pastor Minnick offers us Matthew Henry’s thorough meditation of self-examination on the occasion of his ordination. Part One dealt with the question, “What Am I?” What Have I Done? This is also a needful question in order that searching and examining…
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Mark Minnick This is Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ Part Three ♦ Part Four Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. London: May 9, 1687. The twenty-four-year-old son of Philip Henry,…
Read MoreGood and Mad
Terry Hagedorn Be ye angry, and sin not. Ephesians 4:26 Anger is a God-given emotion. It is designed to motivate a person to change actions, attitudes, and adverbs (words) toward the irritant: e.g., a negative person, circumstance, or object. God’s anger is always holy. However, anger is manifested by people across a broad spectrum of…
Read MoreSacrifice or Privilege?
Mark Batory When missionaries are mentioned, the image often evoked is that of men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice of family and friends and end up having to endure the toils of a difficult, lonely, deprived life in some remote corner of the world. Regrettably, many of today’s Christians view missionary service…
Read MoreA Biblical Foundation for Music
Doug Bachorik Throughout the history of God’s people there have come times when a person, a church, or a group of churches must throw off some practice established by previous generations. Many reasons justify such a step, the primary one being a lack of Scriptural authority for said practice. The church is always bettered—indeed, revived—when…
Read MoreThe Problem with Human Problems Is Humans
John Vaughn When Paul told the Corinthians, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man,” he made practical the doctrine of Anthropology. Declaring that all human problems are “such as is common,” Paul explained that fallen man is susceptible to all the problems that men have in common. Man, made…
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