“And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 “Chunk learning” is a term that simply means to learn a chunk at a time. In our eagerness to make sure that children learn what they need, it is often an impulse to expect too much of children. An education professor once remarked to a graduating class of future teachers, “Don’t try to teach them all you know the first day of school”! What happens when … [Read more...]
Sharing grace in Uganda: Student’s journey of obedience leads her to love, care for children with disabilities
JINJA, Uganda – Lauren Ziehmer distinctly remembers being in church around the age of twelve and listening to Ms. Ruth. Ruth founded an orphanage in Africa and was sharing about the physical and gospel needs of the children there. As Ziehmer listened, she also heard God’s calling on her heart, setting her apart for a specific purpose. As she got older, doubts crept in and she not only questioned it, she almost felt ashamed she dared think she could ever serve in that way. Over the next … [Read more...]
A family reunited: MBC church planter meets long-lost brother
KANSAS CITY – Four-year-old Man Jalarue looked on as a huddle of armed Liberian rebels debated whether he should die. A week earlier, the insurgents flooded into the boy’s village, Zuajah, in the interior of Liberia. The year was 1992, and Liberia had already experienced three years of violence in a civil war that would ultimately take the lives of some 250,000 people. Now the conflict came to Man’s own home. When it did, the boy’s family fled one way, but he fled another. Into the bush … [Read more...]
Association brings aid to HLGU during annual summer project
HANNIBAL – It is becoming like clockwork. Most Hannibal-LaGrange students leave campus during the summer, and Gasconade Valley Association comes for a week to help with projects. Gasconade Director of Missions Phil Rector said this is the 22nd year a team from the Association has come to offer summer project help to HLGU. Rector was part of the team for a few days. Delmar Branson, who with his wife Belinda are co-leaders of the group, said the team this year was comprised of 38 people, … [Read more...]
Christian Stewardship: ‘Count your blessings’
In 1897, Johnson Oatman, Jr., wrote the hymn, “Count Your Many Blessings,” and we Baptists have been counting them ever since. But we are also good at counting other things – say, like attendance, though we have a tendency to attribute more attendance to what the census bureau could rightfully attest. But the other thing we Baptists love to count is our money. Even though we don’t have nearly as much of it to count as we may like, we love reporting finances. Budget numbers, designated … [Read more...]
The gospel and discipleship
Hull, Bill and Ben Sobels. The Discipleship Gospel. Brentwood, TN: HIM Publications. 174 pp. $15.95. Christians are supposed to be “unashamed of the gospel” (Rom 1:16). The gospel is of “first importance” for Christians (1 Cor 15:3). Yet if you were to ask a group of Christians what the gospel is, you would almost certainly get a number of different answers, maybe even some arguments. Confusion reigns in our churches about the most basic truths of the Christian faith. Most pastors … [Read more...]
Instilling patriotism in children
“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. “ Romans 13:1 What a challenge we have as parents and teachers to help our children learn to love our country and respect our leaders! It is tempting to think that the current environment in our country makes such a task impossible. However, a study of Old Testament kings and leaders reminds us that in Bible … [Read more...]
A world without Roe
As I picked up the July 10 issue of USA TODAY, I couldn’t help but notice the headline of a front-page “story” titled, “A world without Roe v. Wade.” Later in the evening, POTUS was to name his nominee to replace retiring SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy. We now know that person to be 5th Circuit U.S. Appeals Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. So, the day before the nomination, the not-so-mainstream media is hosting an opinion piece on the front page promoting a sky-is-falling mentality about … [Read more...]
Making new friends: Partnership missions is a way
In 1 Corinthians Chapters 12 and 13 the Apostle Paul has a lot to say to the church of Jesus Christ about spiritual gifts and loving one another. In 1 Cor. 12:28, he lists the spiritual gifts that followers of Christ have. In 1 Cor. 13:2, Paul writes, “If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” One practical way a spiritual gift can be an act of love is to minister to a … [Read more...]
10 truths about the Incarnation
This is the third in a series of articles on the Incarnation. So far in this series, we have established that the Incarnation means the eternal Son of God took on human flesh in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. As such, Jesus is one person in two distinct but undivided natures: human and divine. In addition, we’ve explored how these two natures work together as the eternal Son of God adds sinless humanity to His deity via the miracle of the virgin birth. In this article, we summarize 10 … [Read more...]
The Great Commission and rural America
In his recent Moody Press release, The Forgotten Church, Glenn Daman accentuated the current reality that rural America is a mission field. Rural America has often been thought of in terms of Norman Rockwell paintings long before there was an Ozzie and Harriett of the 60s and a Duck Dynasty of early 2000s. When Sharon and I led Pray Across Missouri 2017-2018, we met people from all 114 counties in Missouri at their County Courthouses for prayer. We met some really great people from rural … [Read more...]
How an SBC church rescued me from abuse
He came from behind, grabbed my hair and repeatedly slammed my head into the brick exterior of a convenience store. Stunned and knocked nearly unconscious, I fell to my knees. All I can remember is a woman customer screaming and then sirens. I had no health insurance, so a doctor or emergency room visit was out of the question. I staggered to my car and somehow drove home, which was less than a mile away. The next thing I remember was lying in the bed, looking through fog at the ceiling. … [Read more...]
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