Posts Tagged ‘Testimony’
Amid Trials and Earthly Conflicts
Kathleen Barbee It is interesting to watch people from diverse cultural, economic, educational, political, and social levels respond to threatening situations. Their responses, oddly enough, are very similar. Often trials and conflicts aid in bonding those who simultaneously experience such circumstances. Christians must be especially careful during times of trial not to let their guards…
Read MoreA Worthy Walk – Part 4
Jim Oesterwind “You are witnesses, and God also, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe; as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own…
Read MoreThe Blood of Their Witness
Chuck Phelps Endurance is the theme of Hebrews 12. (See vv. 1, 2, 3, 7, 12, and 20.) In order to encourage the Hebrew believers to “endure,” the author declares, “Ye have not yet resisted unto blood striving against sin” (Heb. 12:4). Because the battle for faithfulness is a battle fought in every era by…
Read MoreA Challenge for a Clear Testimony in a Dark World
Levi Crumley In a recent service we were ecstatic to have a new couple in our church get baptized. That is such a great encouragement to see people making a public declaration to follow the Lord. It seems far too often these days that Christians are timid and afraid to display their faith publicly. While…
Read MoreLeong, A Man Without A Language
Bob McLain I have been a communicator all my life. Not only have I been a communicator of the gospel at home and on the mission field, but I speak through the marvels of sign language to the deaf. Through all this, never have I been so burdened and bewildered at how to communicate as…
Read MoreStranded in the Brazilian Desert
Bill Griffin Brazilians call the semi-arid desert of Brazil its “wild west.” Cowboys ride horseback, and oxcarts squeak along at their slow pace. This area, known as the Sertao, is populated with a large group of small towns and is fanatically Roman Catholic. The people show great respect to the priest, bowing before him and…
Read MoreRoger Youderian’s Unfinished Poem
Matt Recker Revelation 3:8: Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Before Roger Youderian left his home to join Jim Elliot, Peter Fleming, Ed McCully and Nate Saint in their…
Read MoreDr. Ed Nelson On Church Planting
In my conversation with Dr. Nelson, one of the topics I wanted to cover was church planting. Dr. Nelson’s ministry has been closely connected with church planting in every aspect – as a church planter, as a pastor supporting church planting ministries, and as a member of the board of Baptist World Mission, a mission…
Read MoreDr. Ed Nelson On The Ministry In His Own Words
Dr. Ed Nelson is a man with a long and varied career in the ministry. He has been at the forefront of many aspects of fundamentalism since entering the ministry full time in 1949. He currently sits on the Emeritus Board of the FBFI, has been a well-respected participant in many of the events that…
Read MoreAmerica’s First Foreign Missionary Casualty (2)
Mark Minnick This is part two of two. Part One is here. In Part One we were introduced to Harriett Newell and her Christian testimony as she travelled from America to India in 1812. In the absence of all other friends, the bond to Samuel was especially strengthened. “In one bosom friend I find the…
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