I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30 It’s said, “What a difference a day…
Paul wrote to the Thessalonian believers “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers” (I Thessalonians 1:2).…
I once saw a comic strip in which a father with a concerned look on his face is reviewing his son’s report card. The boy,…
The darkness and barren landscape and often overcast skies of late autumn and winter can be depressing to me. I probably could not live in…
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Do you not know that…
Why is it that conservative, Bible-believing churches will have similar stands on cultural expressions and social behaviour? No two churches are exactly alike, but if…
I have addressed in a prior post (see here) the necessity of observing the difference between function and form in Scripture. While the Bible is…
We have a pool in our backyard. We also have young children. What steps do we take to protect them? 1) A fence, 2) swim…
This article first appeared on the website of Gospel Fellowship Association Missions, here. We republish it here with permission. People who are confident in the…
Last month, I officiated at an outdoor wedding. Whenever a couple tells me they are planning to be married outside, I always tell them they…
We celebrated Veterans’ Day yesterday. I think of my father when I think of Veteran’s Day. I was born an army brat–born at…
November 11, the anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I, is observed in many countries worldwide. The Armistice was signed on the “eleventh…
Job observed that his days were like a weaver’s shuttle, sliding along the loom so swiftly that the eye could hardly follow. I sympathize with…
In Part 1, I described two inadequate responses to spiritual dryness and practical crisis. First, many turn to worldly methods of addressing their problems or…
In the days when ocean vessels were driven by wind and sail, nothing was so feared by seamen as the doldrums. The “doldrums” is a…
Prices are sky-high. This is getting serious. What is going on? I dislike saying that God is trying to do anything—as if God is making…
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. Daniel 1:1 To…
The FBFI NYC Regional Fellowship met on September 13th at Bethel Baptist Fellowship in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. About thirty men in full time ministry attended…
Most Christians know the feeling. You sit down to read the Bible and pray, wanting to enjoy a passionate experience of God, but … crickets.…
“Grant” by Ron Chernow,1 a volume that I am currently enjoying, is the life story of the eighteenth president of the United States. One of…
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