Keep on Being Strong in the Grace – Part One 2 Timothy 2:1-4 In his book, Holiness, Bishop J. C. Ryle wrote: “I will never shrink from declaring my belief that there are no spiritual gains without pains. I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who Read more…
Fathers Raise Your Children Ephesians 6:4 – And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonishing of the Lord. Nearly two thousand years ago Paul spoke of the need for godly fathers who would step up and fulfill their duties to Read more…
Children Honor Your Parents The second responsibility is for children to honor their parents. According to the Amplified New Testament this means to “esteem and value as precious.” Whereas to obey one’s parents is a recognition o their authority, to honor them recognizes their value in the parent/child relationship. Just Read more…
Children Obey Your Parents Mankind is at a stage where everyone is clamoring for their rights. Even children are demanding the right to sue their parents for divorce. The traditional family is seen as a violation of the rights of children. Certainly Paul’s views would be rejected as archaic. He Read more…
Can You Prove That You Are Alive? One day a man literally had a shocking experience. He was standing in the bathtub and reached up to turn on a light. He received a tremendous jolt of electricity and fell out of the tub. His wife called the doctor. He pronounced Read more…
On The Day You Were Born Again… On the day you were born what happened? On the day I was born on June 27, 1961 a couple of news worthy events occurred. Ghana imposed a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa. Arthur Michael Ramsey was Read more…
Mothers: The Source of Good Men & Women It takes a big man to be known openly as a “mama’s boy.” However, several of our presidents were openly and unashamedly “mama’s boys.” George Washington: All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to Read more…
Preparing the Worshiper for Worship Has worship with the brethren become a bore? This is nothing new. In Malachi’s day he condemned the priests who viewed their worship to God as “contemptible” and a “weariness.” God told them, “You offer defiled food on My altar. But say, ‘In what way Read more…
Satan Goes to Church An old legend relates that a pious man met Satan one day coming out of the church building. “What are you doing here?” asked the man. “I thought you never set foot inside the building.” “Oh yes,” answered Satan, “where there is praying and preaching against Read more…
Phrases Used to Describe the Lord’s Supper In this article we will endeavor to investigate the terms and phrases used in the Bible to describe the Lord’s Supper. From these we can gain a clearer understanding of its significance for the present day Christian. By way of contrast we will Read more…