Posts by Charles Phelps
The Eleventh Commandment – Tenderly
Previously: The Eleventh Commandment – Introduction The Eleventh Commandment – Authority The Eleventh Commandment – Exclusivity I’ve offered for our consideration John 13.34 as the Eleventh Commandment. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” (Jn 13.34) I have…
Read MoreThe Eleventh Commandment – Exclusivity
Previously: The Eleventh Commandment – Introduction The Eleventh Commandment – Authority Now Jesus is not only speaking forcefully here, but also exclusively. Let me point out that Judas was not in the room when Jesus shares the eleventh commandment. If you come back to me to John 13.30, we read, “He [that’s Judas] then having…
Read MoreThe Eleventh Commandment – Authority
As we open our Bibles to John 13, we find a passage that is pulsating with love. The chapter opens with the words, “Having loved his own where were in the world, he loved them unto the end” (Jn. 13:1). In the last verses of John 13, we find what we’ve discovered here this morning,…
Read MoreThe Eleventh Commandment – Introduction
To conclude a study of the ten commandments (we called it “God’s Love Letter Etched in Stone”) we turned to O John 13.34. If you will, this could be seen as the Eleventh Commandment. You might wonder, what is the Eleventh Commandment? The Eleventh Commandment is the new commandment that Jesus speaks of in the…
Read MoreWe Sorrow, But Not Without Hope: A Journal of Comfort
Our friends Chuck and Linda Phelps just published a book we would like to commend to you. We Sorrow, But Not Without Hope is a compilation of notes, letters, posts, and blogs written by family and friends of Chad and Courtney Phelps. Pastor Phelps says, “This book is sent forward to bring hope to those…
Read MoreWhen A Ministry Is Being Maligned
(A Right Response to Rancor in the Ranks) The Psalmist sang, “This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes!” (Ps. 118:23) When God’s work is made evident by the gathering together of likeminded constituents, the construction of facilities, and lives being changed, God’s people ought to say, “This is the Lord’s doing;…
Read MoreThe Pandemic and Bible Prophecy
(Finding Victory over the Virus) The global pandemic has resulted in near-global panic. Medical facilities, markets, educational institutions, and churches, all enormously experience the impact. How is the Christian to respond to the Corona-crisis? Does God’s Word provide an answer to the questions people are asking today? Some are asking – “Is this the beginning…
Read MoreGrowing in Small Groups
FrontLine March/April 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 2 In America, big churches are getting bigger and small churches are getting smaller. According to the Hartford Institute and Leadership Network, America boasted 150 “mega-churches” (2000 or more in the congregation) in 1980 and is home to nearly 2000 of them today. Simultaneously, the median attendance…
Read MoreBe Anxious for Nothing
FrontLine January/February 2018 | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 1 In the last nine verses of Matthew 6 Jesus says “take no thought” two times. Jesus doesn’t command thoughtlessness. Jesus commands His followers not to worry. The Prince of Peace calls us to peace and gives to us a “peace … which passeth all understanding” (Phil.…
Read MoreUnity in a Baptist Church?
Charles R. Phelps FrontLine • March/April 2009 Some have said, “Baptist churches multiply by division!” Such an observation must not be taken lightly, for it was our Savior’s prayer that His disciples be models of divine unity reflecting the very tri-unity of the Godhead (John 17:22). The absence of unity in the church requires prayerful,…
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