Loving Me Enough
By Charlie McCall Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? (Heb 12:7). A summer staff worker whom I was disciplining made two statements to me. The first was in anger, and I expected it: “You don’t have any right to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Forgiveness and Justice
By Charlie McCall “Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you” (Eph 4:32). Jesus Satisfied God’s Justice Forgiveness is natural to God. But it is not arrived at easily. Before He can forgive, God’s justice must be satisfied. It is impossible for Him to forgive by […]
Why Not Retire to a Small Church?
By Bill Lee I began my life in Christ back in 1968 when I first heard the gospel. Like most Christians, that opened for me an amazing life I never imagined possible. I met my wife Jeanette while volunteering at the Christian Servicemen’s center in Memphis, TN. I picked up a four-year degree in Biblical […]
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 […]
Noah and Her Sisters
By Pam Esteven Did you know there are two Noahs in the Bible? One was a man, the other a woman. There is the Noah who built the ark, and there is the Noah who was a daughter of Zelophehad (Num 27:1). The story of Noah and her sisters—Mahlah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah—is a remarkable […]