Believers Need to Dress Well Because the King Is Coming Soon
By Lucas Kitchen I was in ministry in West Texas several years ago. We were about to begin a night worship service called Paradigm for college students when a man, probably homeless, walked into the church and sat down on the back pew. That was not that uncommon; what was uncommon was his attire… or […]
Nowy dzień się budzi
Dzieci i młodzi ludzie rzadko myślą o jutrze. Wigor młodości zwodzi nas do myślenia o sobie, że jesteśmy niezwyciężalni. Ale gdy starzejemy się to zaczynamy sobie uświadamiać, jak łatwo rzeczywiście jesteśmy narażeni na niebezpieczeństwo – czy to odnośnie choroby, czy wypadków, czy brutalnego przestępstwa. I któregoś dnia przychodzi nam nagle do głowy myśl: „Któregoś dnia […]
Zbawcza wiara w centrum uwagi
Czy wystarczy uwierzyć w ewangelię? Istnieje sporo zamieszania i dezorientacji odnośnie ewangelii. Słyszę o tym od wielu ludzi w kraju i za granicą. Ludzie ci nie wiedzą, w co mają wierzyć. Oni nie są pewni co Bóg wymaga w kwestii zbawienia. Czy trzeba odwrócić się od grzechu, czy raczej jest to powierzenie swego życia Bogu? […]
Ty możesz być tego pewien!
Czy wiesz z całą pewnością, że pójdziesz do nieba? Jeżeli jesteś taką osobą, jak większość ludzi, to raczej trochę obawiasz się powiedzieć „tak”. Myślisz sobie, że to brzmi trochę arogancko, zarozumiale. Czy ktoś naprawdę może być tego pewien? Cóż, Pismo Święte ma dla ciebie dobrą wiadomość. Ty możesz mieć pewność odnośnie tego. W rzeczywistości Bóg […]
Rooted: Connect with God, the Church, Your Purpose
Rooted: Connect with God, the Church, Your Purpose. Kenton Beshore, et al. NP: Rooted Network, 2020. 227 pp. Cloth, $15.00. Rooted is a 10-week discipleship course that invites participants to practice seven “rhythms” based upon Acts 2: Daily Devotion (Acts 2:42, 46), Prayer (Acts 2:42), Repentance (Acts 2:37-39), Serve the Community (Acts 2:44-45), Sacrificial Generosity […]
Cain: Testing the Limits of God’s Love
Bob Bryant1 Cypress Valley Bible Church Marshall, TX I. INTRODUCTION We read about Cain in Genesis 4: Now the man had relations with his wife Eve. And she conceived and gave birth to Cain. And she said, “I’ve gotten a man child with the help of the Lord.” And again, she gave birth to his […]
The Bible Is Reliable, Part 1
By Dix Winston To defend the Bible, you must answer two questions. Is the Bible good history, and secondly, is it true history? Let me explain and illustrate. If someone told you his great-great-grandfather said he was Napoleon Bonaparte, it would be good history if the man actually said he was Napoleon Bonaparte. That is, […]
Elisha’s Great Faith
By Bill Fiess and Pam Esteven While listening through 2 Kings, I was impressed anew with Elisha’s great faith. Again and again, he faces problems that occur in ordinary life, yet Scripture never records that he becomes flustered. Instead, he demonstrates great faith in the Lord; time after time, he sees God’s power and deliverance. […]
Every Naomi Needs a Ruth
By Marcia Hornok “And how are you?” said Winnie-thePooh. Eeyore shook his head from side to side. “Not very how,” he said, “I don’t seem to have felt at all how for a long time.”1 WHEN DREAMS DIE One Bible person with an Eeyore outlook was Naomi. A famine uprooted her family, and they moved […]
What Would Jesus Say? Wake Up Call: The Letter to Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6)
By Philippe Sterling Jesus judged the church at Sardis that was asleep. Have you ever had a “wake-up call”? Figuratively speaking, a wake-up call is something that grabs a person’s attention, alerting him to the seriousness of a matter and moving him to corrective action. Have you ever attended a dead church? The services are […]