ESV Reader’s Bible, Six-Volume Set. Wheaton: Crossway, 2016. 3,364 pp. $199.99. A new year is a fitting time to take stock of your life, to think through where you are, where you want to go, and how you can get there. This is why January is the time of new gym memberships, diets, budgets, and other lifestyle changes. Spiritually, this is why January is also the time of Bible-reading plans, as believers seek to deepen their relationship with God by spending time in his Word. Like other … [Read more...]
Talking circles around knowledge
I’ve tried some of those idiot-proof tech products and you know what I’ve found? I’ve found that sometimes they grossly underestimate the power of a true tech-idiot. You have to be near genius level to even read the instructions on your average electronic device these days. And I’m talking about the instructions for the on/off switch. For a calculator. I’m pretty sure I heard somewhere that genius in all areas is 99% perspiration and 62% wishing you had listened in math class. And I would … [Read more...]
You made your bed, now fry in it
Never scrimp on an electric blanket. Electrical currents on top of your body. While you’re sleeping. Think about it. Also, if the lights flicker when you plug it in and you smell bacon you should probably forget the whole thing and just get a Snuggie. Or also if you wake up in a morning and find it melted into a puddle of liquid wool and smoking wires. Snuggie. If you hear sizzling at any time. Snuggie. My grandmother once had an electric blanket that had to be from the pit of the hottest … [Read more...]
MBC prayer support materials available for 2017
JEFFERSON CITY – Churches can pray for missionaries they support through the Cooperative Program with the latest edition of the 52 Sundays prayer resources now available at mobaptist.org/52Sundays. “52 Sundays” provides resources for individuals and churches to pray each week in 2017 for a different missionary serving in Missouri, throughout North America, and around the world. Resources include: PowerPoint slides for use in church services that include information on 52 different … [Read more...]
The best foundation
“You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.” – Deuteronomy 6:7 What better thing can we do to prepare our children for the future than to teach them Scripture? When Scripture becomes engrained in a person, it becomes the basis for decision-making. It gives comfort as well as guidance, yet in many instances our children are not being taught enough verses from the … [Read more...]
Awash in God’s grace
You can tell a lot about people by the way they do their laundry. I have friends who have certain days they designate as “laundry days.” I confess, I’m probably much more impressed by that than any grown woman should be. My laundry days? They usually happen on whatever days I realize I have to make a choice: I have to wash a load, or I have to be one of those people who goes to Wal-Mart in pajama pants. I’m further impressed by my friends who go the extra mile, laundry-wise. They...are … [Read more...]
Leading kids to Christ
My greatest stewardship in life is not training a generation of students as a seminary president. It is training my five young children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. I feel the weight – and glory – of this stewardship daily and find immeasurable fulfillment and joy as I see my children taking steps toward Christ. I am sure many Christian parents feel the same way -- awestruck by the opportunity and responsibility that is ours. My wife Karen and I are often asked about building a … [Read more...]
SBC President Steve Gaines speaks on Trump Victory
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BP) -- Today Americans have a new president -- Donald J. Trump. As Christians, it is Scripturally incumbent upon us to pray for him and for all our political leaders (cf. 1 Timothy 2:1-2). It is also mandatory for us to honor all people, even those with whom we disagree (cf. 1 Peter 2:17). If we disagree with someone's opinions, we must do so without attacking the person. There has been far too much inflammatory rhetoric coming from Christian leaders throughout this … [Read more...]
The case of the deep-fried guilt
I went to the food court at the mall the other day. Pretty sure I was found guilty. It’s weird because at the food court, you can eat an entire meal before you even find a table. Those people feed it to you one toothpick at a time. Three thousand deep-fried sample calories later, you still have to order dinner. “Order in the food court”— it’s probably some sort of mall law. I tried to object once but then I overruled myself. Last time, just before the guilt of overeating was about to … [Read more...]
The Reformation, the conscience, election day
“Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason, I do not accept the authority of the popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other. My conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything. For to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.” The German Reformer Martin Luther spoke these words in 1521 at the Diet of Worms, where he had been called to testify about his controversial … [Read more...]
Citing the Reformation’s 500th anniversary
One of the objectives of The Pathway is to help our readers more deeply understand and “earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.” Through our columns and articles we strive be a word of encouragement and enrich our readers’ walk with the Lord. It is with this mind that The Pathway launches – in this issue – a year-long observance of one of the greatest events in world history – the Protestant Reformation. On All Saints Day, Oct. 31, 1517, an … [Read more...]
Why do we celebrate the Reformation?
JEFFERSON CITY – Had he used a hammer, one could perhaps say that its sound would reverberate across Europe and, eventually, across the globe. But contrary to legend, Martin Luther most likely carried no hammer when, on Oct. 31, 1517, he approached the Castle Church in the small university town of Wittenberg, Germany, where he served as both priest and professor. Using paste instead of nails, he posted a set of 95 Theses for public debate on the church door, which served at the time as a … [Read more...]
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