Silent night, holy night!All is calm, all is brightround yon virgin mother and child!}Holy infant, so tender and mild,sleep in heavenly peace,sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night!Shepherds quake at the sight:glories stream from heaven afar,Heav’nly hosts...
“…for it is God who works in you both to will and to do forHis good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13 The benchmark of true faith is seeing the Unseen. Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. Christians...
“What is that in your hand?” Exodus 4:2 Moses was content. He had arrived at a remote corner of the desert, married and content to settle down and enjoy his new, quiet life style as a shepherd (2:21), forgetting about his fellow Israelites left behind in Egypt....
People intuitively demand justice. Unfairness and unrighteousness move them to indignation. If their rights are trampled on, they revert to the revolutionary-era motto: “Don’t tread on me.” Perceived wrongs produce anger and lasting bitterness, often leading to...
I grew up in a Christian home on a farm near Stratford, Ontario. There I regularly attended a denominational church but I never remember hearing the gospel. During my high school years, I began to use mild drugs and alcohol, and later at a Toronto college my usage...
Tucked away in a residential neighborhood in northeast Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a ministry that has served an important role in the lives of hundreds of missionaries, Christian workers, and other believers for nearly eighty years. Rest Haven Homes is a unique,...
Perhaps the most serious consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic is the impact on the church. Almost every local church has experienced some degree of division over differing opinions and reactions. This is regrettable to say the least, particularly in light of Paul’s...
Silence in Practice In 1 Timothy 2, Paul first instructs men (not women) “to pray everywhere while lifting up holy hands”; 1 Tim. 2:8). The lifting of hands while leading God’s people in prayer followed the practice of Jewish priests and kings (Lev. 9:22; 1 Kgs....
A Plea to Return to New Testament Principles Romanticism, characterized by its emphasis on the glorification of the past, was at its peak in the first half of the nineteenth century. Not surprisingly, its influence was at work in the ecclesiastical world of...
When a young baby is conceived the parents consider that new life to be their child whom they look forward to meeting once the child is born. They have entered into a parent-child relationship that cannot be broken as long as each one lives. Similarly, when a person...
Atlantic Iowa Bible Conference September 10-12, 2021 The conference will be held on Sept. 10 at Atlantic Gospel Chapel and Sept. 11-12 at the Cass County Community Building in Atlantic, IA. Invited speakers are Nate Bramsen and Joe Reese. For housing and...
“Question authority” was the self-defining cry of the baby boomer generation. A half century on from the adoption of that credo, their children and grandchildren see no need to question it, for they believe that authority resides in themselves. In an age where truth...
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder.” Isaiah 9:6 God...
Being an avid angler, I have long known the proverb common amongst the piscatorial fraternity which is “Wind from the east, fish bite the least.” I do not think I have ever heard of any science as to why this is, but I know from experience it is true. It comes as no...
Rare it is to look at a group photo and not look to see ourselves. Even more, it seems most people have an innate desire to be “front and center.” For more nobler reasons and to our benefit, the Lord wants to be front and center in our lives in everything we do. Before Israel […]
Scripture affirms that not only is God wise but He alone is wise: “to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.” (Rom. 16:27; see also 1 Tim. 1:17; Jude 25). It is this wisdom which enables Him to attain right ends in a way that most...
What does God desire from the Church during her earthly sojourn? The answer is to reveal “the manifold wisdom of God…to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places”…“to the praise of His glory” (Eph. 1:13, 3:10). We are to glorify God by magnifying Christ in every situation (Phil. 1:20). As directed by God, selfless […]
What do you teach? Have you ever thought about this question seriously? In the face of false doctrines and distortions of truth, what is the content of your teaching? Even as the world around us is changing, are you boldly teaching the Word? What do you teach to...
The establishment of Listowel Bible Chapel originated from a vision of John Martin, a full-time worker from the Hawkesville, ON assembly. In 1945, he had a desire to plant an assembly in Listowel, a village 35 km west of Hawkesville. Mr. Martin and another brother, Mr. Murray set up a tent in Listowel Park where […]
Dating back to the early church, believers have questioned their relationship to the Mosaic Law (Acts 15:1-31, Gal. 2:1-21). While Bible believing Christians would agree that the Law cannot save them, some still believe that we must follow the Ten Commandments as our...