Learning to Sorrow in Hope
By Allen Rea On April 23, 2018, after fighting her disease for a very long time, my mother died. The woman that gave birth to me, that cooked me many meals, that loved and supported my every action, left this world. It has been said that when one loses a parent, he loses a part […]
Coping with Loneliness as a Christian Senior
By Pam Rainey Not all Seniors Are Socializing Have you ever gone to visit a senior adult to cheer her up, only to discover you were the one uplifted? Perhaps the person you intended to encourage may have been going through stages of an incurable illness, or perhaps he was recovering from minor surgery. It […]
The Films of the Kendrick Brothers
By Steve Dehner About fifteen years ago, Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA, began making movies. Under the creative leadership of Alex Kendrick and his brother Stephen, Sherwood Pictures so far has produced four feature films and one made under the brothers’ own subsidiary. Despite mixed-to-poor reviews in the secular press, they have amassed a […]
Grace and Groans
By Charlie McCall We Need Christ God is Himself the grace needed for the Christian life. Romans 7 depicts the Christian experience when a person attempts to live from the Word of God or from his new orientation (new nature) toward Christ but not from the person of Christ Himself. That experience is defeat and […]
Faith and Knowledge
By James Morison Saving faith is a kind of knowledge. This is rendered evident by what our Savior says in John 17:3, “This is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.” Life eternal is the gift of God (Rom 6:23). It is the gift […]
Hell? Yes!
By Dix Winston* Speaking to journalist and friend, Eugenio Scafari, the Pope reportedly said of those dying without Christ (or according to Roman Catholic Theology in a state of mortal sin): “They are not punished. Those who repent obtain God’s forgiveness and take their place among the ranks of those who contemplate him, but those […]
Review: Paul, the Apostle of Christ
By Josh Meier I recently saw Paul, the Apostle of Christ. I enjoyed the movie and would encourage any of my congregation, as well as anyone reading this review, to take the opportunity to view it. The Strengths Since this is a positive review, I’ll start with what I see as the strengths. First is […]
A Kind of Thinking
By James Morison What Faith Is Not Believing is not a kind of feeling. Neither is it a kind of willing. It is a kind of thinking. “The understanding,” as James Fraser of Brea expressed it, in his Treatise Concerning Justifying Saving Faith, written by him while “a prisoner for Christ in the Bass Rock,” […]
Vines By the Book
By Allen Rea The Vines Expository Bible is available in the New King James Version, which is my translation of choice for preaching. The text is double columned in 10.5 font. The pages are thin but they hold up fine with mechanical pencil writing and a Bible highlighter. The genuine leather edition comes with three […]
A No-Guilt Look at Proverbs 31
By Marcia Hornok Raise your hand if you have heard a Proverbs 31 sermon on the second Sunday in May. I see a great many hands. The problem with Mother’s Day is that it marginalizes women who are not mothers. However, Prov 31:10−31 does not. Yes, it mentions a husband and children, but the topic […]