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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,…
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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…
Read MoreChristmas 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…
Read MoreProvidence 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…
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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). Pieces of a jigsaw puzzle make little sense by themselves. Each by itself is unfinished, incomplete. Each raises questions that can be answered only as it is fitted into its proper…
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George Stiekes And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:13-14 …a multitude of the heavenly host… Can you at all imagine the impact this would have made on the shepherds…
Read MoreWhy We Make Christmas Last All Month
Pastor Don Johnson Christmas is a problem for some, both Christians and non-Christians. I don’t mean the problems of materialism and the lack of “Christ in Christmas,” I mean the fact that Christmas is celebrated at all. For non-Christians, the objection is a matter of pride as they look down on “The Church” and its…
Read MoreOf the Making of Books
Don Johnson Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. I don’t know how many books were published in 2016, I am sure there were more than any one of us could ever read. We need…
Read MoreRocky Mountain Regional Fellowship 2017
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL MEETING of the FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL THEME: The Christian and His Responsibility to Society Jesus commanded His disciples to preach a “soul-saving gospel.” Many today, however, are again being tempted to “redefine” and “repackage” the gospel in order to remove its offense and make it “acceptable” — a “society-saving gospel.” While…
Read MorePraying Biblical Prayers
Layton Talbert [A previous column concluded] with a variety of suggested prayer “exercises”—methods for making our prayers more Scriptural. Why is this necessary? Paul testifies that there are times when “we know not what we should pray for as we ought,” when we are aided by the secret intercessory work of the Spirit of God.…
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