Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” – Mark 9:24 NKJV There is much confusion in our world today! We have boys becoming girls! Guys getting awards intended for girls! The people that many of us were taught to trust are saying things that clearly do not make sense. Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone simply went by the Bible?? How can we expect our children not to be confused when many adults are just as confused as those … [Read more...]
Throat cancer fails to loosen his grip on God’s sovereignty
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (BP) – “Don’t feel sorry for me,” Ernest Easley writes in a new book. A feeding tube is how he gets nourishment. He struggles to speak. Diagnosed with malignant throat cancer in 1998, severe side effects from 44 radiation treatments still afflict the longtime pastor. Even so: “I feel sorry for you if you haven’t learned the peace that comes from resting in God’s sovereignty,” Easley writes in “Resting in God’s Sovereignty: A 30-day Devotional on God’s Plan for His … [Read more...]
As I live and breathe
If you’re taking my blood pressure and you tell me to “breathe normally,” I hope you’ll understand when suddenly I can do anything but that. I could breathe normally until you told me to. It’s not rebellion. It’s more…psychosis, I guess. I might also subsequently be asking questions like, “Are you sure there’s enough oxygen in this room for the both of us?” and “Is it hot in here to you?” Maybe even “How normal is it to entirely forget how to breathe?” Further, can a person forget how … [Read more...]
FIRST-PERSON: Finding freedom in Christ
by Ron Crow I had the opportunity to visit the Holy Land in Israel in 2018. What an experience that was of learning, experiencing and walking where Jesus walked. I learned much about biblical sites which made the Bible come alive. But I also learned about the current Israeli culture. I will never forget the day our tour guide made this statement, “You Americans often talk about your freedom. We have no idea what that even means. We have never experienced freedom.” This is the only life … [Read more...]
King of kings and Lord of lords
This is another in a series of excerpts from What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus, released by High Street Press and available at Amazon.com. John’s vision of the returning Christ in Revelation 19:11-16 reveals marvelous truths about the Lord’s conquest of sin and his restoration of righteousness. John captures many details that show how Christ’s glorious return sets in motion his final battle with sin, thus paving the way for a restored Eden. We examine a few of … [Read more...]
First-Person: A Time to Weep
Jesus loved Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the location where Abraham prepared to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. It's the city of David, the location of Solomon's Temple, as well as Herod's Temple, the city spoken of so often by the prophets, where Jesus was brought as a child, where He preached, where He healed, and where He fulfilled the Messianic prophecy of Zechariah by entering the city on a donkey. Jerusalem is where he died, where he rose, and where He ascended. It's where the Holy Spirit … [Read more...]
How to pray Scripture
by Kie Bowman In 1549 Thomas Cranmer organized the publication of the Book of Common Prayer, which is still used today by millions of people in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Speaking with a sense of humor, the late J. I. Packer said, “Long before the age of fish and chips, the Book of Common Prayer was the Great British invention, nurturing all sorts and conditions of Englishmen and holding the church together with remarkable effectiveness.” For non-liturgical evangelicals, a book … [Read more...]
High Street Press releases study on the book of life
JEFFERSON CITY (High Street Press) – The Missouri Baptist Convention, through its High Street Press imprint, has released a new resource for personal or group study titled The Book of Life: God’s Registry of the Redeemed. The 450-page softcover book explores all references to the book of life in Scripture. The Bible mentions dozens of books, from the Book of the Lord’s Wars to a seven-sealed scroll only Jesus is worthy to open. But perhaps the most fascinating book revealed in Scripture … [Read more...]
No, the early Christians were not communists
A popular claim that early Christians were communists is clearly false. Even Missouri’s own Harry S. Truman said to his daughter, “You know there was but one idealistic example of Communism. That is described in the Acts of the Apostles.” When Acts 2:44 says, “Now all the believers where together and had everything in common,” the text is not describing socialism as we know it. Instead, the Bible is describing the voluntary generous spirit that comes when a church is unified. Why is the … [Read more...]
The ‘careful-est’ walking
Have you ever had one of those world-tipping inner ear malfunctions? It’s about the worst kind of imbalance. It started small when it happened to me. My body kept trying to lean to one side. I felt like a leaning table at an old diner—like any minute somebody might come up behind me and try to stick a couple of sugar packets under my left foot. Then, as inner-ear disorders tend to do, the thing accelerated and suddenly the world was very…how can I describe it? Very “Star Ship Enterprise.” … [Read more...]
‘Where does the time go?’
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. – Ephesians 5:15-18 (NKJV) Seems like I can still hear my mom saying, “Where does the time go? Why, it seems like just yesterday that all you girls were little and I was rocking you on my lap!” (There were five girls and no boys!) Yes, somehow time seems to slip by us and before we know it, all the children … [Read more...]
Coming on the clouds of heaven
This is another in a series of excerpts from What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus, released by High Street Press and available at Amazon.com. Today, Jesus is seated at the Father’s right hand in heaven, where he serves as our mediator and intercessor. This exalted position illustrates his power as creator, sustainer, and redeemer. But one day, at the Father’s command, Jesus rises from his place in the throne room of heaven and returns to earth. The one who … [Read more...]
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