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…

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Witnessing to the Closed-Minded (2)

George Stiekes Part 1 is here. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Matthew 11:15; 13:9; 13:43 Not everyone can hear. The verb "to hear" in the text indicates both hearing and understanding. It is important to understand that when you share Christ with the unsaved there are some who hear your words…

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The Baptist Program of Evangelism

W. W. Bustard, D. D. Pastor, Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio Editorial note: We are in the midst of a series of posts from the messages delivered at the Pre-Convention Conference of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1920. From the Conference the Fundamental Fellowship was formed which is today known as the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship…

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Witnessing to the Closed Minded (1)

George Stiekes He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Matthew 11:15; 13:9; 13:43 The “hearing” goes beyond the sense of hearing physically and implies an inner spiritual reception of truth. It is interesting that in Matthew 13, the word “hear” is used nineteen times. This is so very important because Faith cometh by…

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The Gift

Carol Loescher John 12:46 “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me should not abide in darkness.” There are grades of poverty and degrees of darkness. At first, I took her for a woman who was mentally ill. She sat in the dust, rolled in the dirt, and gave no…

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A Light Shining in the Darkness

Mike Redick On Wednesday night we decided to take the old gospel to the streets of Singapore to reach a new generation of young people. Like every major city in the world, Singapore is filled with people of all shapes and sizes from different races and religions. On this particular night one of our witnessing…

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Reaching and Keeping the 21st Century Teenager

Morris Gleiser Her name was Judy, and she was a part of our youth group. I loved having her with us because she was one of those teenagers who truly enjoyed her time in our youth group family. You see, she didn’t receive any verbal encouragement or support from her parents to attend church; she…

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Building Bridges to China on the College Campus in America

Carl Sebris In 1978 Deng Xiaoping (1904–97) came to power and, as David Aikman writes, “opened China up both to its own latent internal creative energies and to the outside world with his famous ‘open door’ policy.”1 Mao Zedong’s (1893–1976) “Cultural Revolution” (1966–76) had closed China off and isolated the Chinese people from the outside…

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