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Discipleship: A Burden for Fruitfulness |
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By Admin Staff on
5/15/2009
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1 Samuel 1:5-7,10
"But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb. And because the Lord had closed her womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat … (v10) In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the Lord."
Hannah was broken-hea ...
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In the Beginning was the Word. Begin the New Year with a Bible Reading Plan. |
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By Admin Staff on
1/5/2009
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"For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God." (Acts 20:27)
A.W. Tozer said that "truth is like a bird. It cannot fly on one wing."
G. Campbell Morgan said, "The whole truth does not lie in "It is written," but in "It is written" and "Again it is written."
Remember that the devil tempted Jesus with Scripture. He took a verse out of context and misapplied it to Jesus' situation. However, under the guidance fo the Holy Spirit, Jesus repudiated Satan's deception by replying, "It is also written." (Matthew 4:7).
Some cannot see the forest for the trees. They recklessly snatch Scripture verses out fr ...
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"I Will Not Leave You Comfortless" |
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By Admin Staff on
11/25/2008
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HOW WE CAN GET OUR HEART AROUND THE CORNER
Today I was asked to speak on "God as Comforter" at a Christian High School assembly in Nevada. It was a day of celebration as the school had just placed 1st for the third year in a row in the State Academic Olympics. The scheduled speaker was called out for an emergency. Since I was in town, I was called upon to speak at the last minute. (Be ready in season and out of season, even when you are on vacation!). I spoke from the heart extemporaneously. These are my recollection notes written AFTER I spoke to the student body.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV)
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father ...
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Pilgrim Church |
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By Admin Staff on
11/22/2008
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Yesterday while flying across the United States, I had an opportunity to revisit a favorite book: "The Pilgrim Church" by E.H. Broadbent published in 1931. His work captures so much in the history of the church that we can learn from today.
The book is a classic. In the opening chapters he expresses well the mystery of the universal church and the strategic importance of the local church, secure in her identity, purpose, responsibility and accountability:
"The New Testament reveals the church of Christ, consisting of all who are born again through faith in the Son of God and so made partakers of the Divine and Eternal Life (John 3:16)
As this body, the whole church of Christ, cannot be seen and cannot act in any one place, since many of its members are already with Christ and others scattered throughout the world, it is appointed to be actually k ...
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The Election Day Sermon |
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By Admin Staff on
10/21/2008
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One of the earliest New England traditions contributing to the United States of America’s strength as a democratic republic has been “The Election Day Sermon”.
On Election Day citizens would be reminded to:
- Faithfully exercise the privilege of voting
- Vote wisely
Candidates would not be endorsed from the pulpit. But all citizens would be reminded, both cand ...
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Reflecting on the impact of the current financial crisis on Wall Street |
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By Admin Staff on
9/27/2008
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Yesterday the Dow plunged 777 points after the U.S. Congress rejected the $700 billion bailout plan for its financial institutions. This represents a 7% drop in the value of the stock market. The worst single day setback in two decades.
While not being given to numerology, I could not help but notice the recurrence of the number seven (777 point drop, 700 billion plan dropped (at least for the moment) and 7% overall drop). This prompted me to reflect upon the Biblical significance of the number seven. The dropped '7' certainly illustrates an underlying reason for the current mess.
The number '7' comes from the Hebrew root meaning 'to be complete', 'to be full', 'to be satisfied' or 'to have enough'. On the seventh day God finished His work and He rested from all the work that ...
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