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Salvation Stories: Randall Hummer

Salvation Stories: Randall Hummer

“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so…!” – Psalm 107:2 I grew up on a small farm in east-central Pennsylvania in a blue-collar family with four boys and a girl. We were all members of a local Methodist church, which Mom took us to every Sunday. I paid particular interest to the stained-glass windows […]

How do you reconcile the passage in James 2:14-26 with the clear scriptural teaching that we are saved by grace through faith alone?

How do you reconcile the passage in James 2:14-26 with the clear scriptural teaching that we are saved by grace through faith alone?

While at first glance it may appear otherwise, this passage is actually a perfect complement to Paul’s teaching in Romans. Paul argued against those who thought the “works of the law” could save (Rom. 9:32) while James contended that a living faith should express itself through “works of faith.” Speaking of James and Paul, William […]

Habakkuk: Part 1 Beware of Tunnel Vision

Habakkuk: Part 1 Beware of Tunnel Vision

In this first of a three part series, Warren Henderson takes us through the personal struggles that the prophet Habakkuk experienced in the life of faith – valuable lessons for believers in any age as they work through the problem of evil. A Burden to Be Lifted (1:1) Habakkuk referred to his received message as […]

National Workers & Elders Conference 2017

National Workers & Elders Conference 2017

We could all use some salt of encouragement to increase our spiritual thirst in our Christian journey. This was precisely the tenor of the 2017 Workers and Elders Conference, hosted October 10-12, by Northridge Bible Chapel in North Carolina. We were treated with daily considerations of Peter, whose life was littered with impetuousness, overestimated resolve, […]

Good News From A Far Country: Proverbs 25:25

Good News From A Far Country: Proverbs 25:25

For centuries the Moi people of Papua, Indonesia1 remained almost entirely untouched by the outside world. These semi-nomadic hamlet dwellers eked out a living through slash and burn gardening, and frequent hunting excursions throughout the 300 square miles of mountainous jungles they call home. Approximately 1,000 strong, the Moi were sparsely scattered through their vast […]

It’s Time We Faced The Facts: Why is the Church Powerless?

It’s Time We Faced The Facts: Why is the Church Powerless?

Spiritually we are in a shocking condition. The status of many local fellowships is bad news, and deteriorating by the minute. It is fairly well known that there have been scandalous cases of immorality involving even elders and full-time workers. Of course this type of news never gets into the magazines; there everything is sweetness […]

Worker Spotlight: Robert & Julie Steiner

Worker Spotlight: Robert & Julie Steiner

I, Robert, was born in 1938 near Algoma, Wisconsin, to dairy-farming parents. Both of my parents were practicing Roman Catholics; so, of course, I was baptized as an infant, and grew up in Catholic church. Before Christ When I was old enough to understand, something of the world around me, I realized that the World […]

Salvation Stories: Tony Celota

Salvation Stories: Tony Celota

As told to Jabe Nicholson. Anthony, son of Guiseppe Cetola, was born November 24, 1912 in Foggia, Italy, and raised in the hill country south of Rome. As a young man he worked as a shepherd there, but hearing of America, the land of possibilities, he saved his lire until he could afford the least […]

Report: Missionary Service Committee, Canada

Report: Missionary Service Committee, Canada

From the start, MSC has held four key beliefs about missions. First, we believe that God is the one who calls and sends workers. It’s more that God calls and enables people and much less that they choose the life of mission work. Also, this means that churches, God’s frontline for the Great Commission, send […]

Moving Beyond Mediocrity

Moving Beyond Mediocrity

The scene is a far too familiar one: the regularly scheduled elders’ meeting begins with a brief, but generalized, time of prayer. It is then followed by the usual routine of going around the table, asking each elder what he would like to discuss. The suggestions usually range from the urgent to the trivial – […]

Report: Eastside Bible Fellowship

Report: Eastside Bible Fellowship

East Lawrence, KS Eastside Bible Fellowship began about four years ago in East Lawrence, Kansas. Leading up to this, the Lawrence Bible Chapel had targeted this area for a new assembly. On Wednesday evenings, several car loads of people from the homeless shelter and Salvation Army would be transported to the Lawrence Bible Chapel for […]

EDITORIAL: Taking The Gospel To The Unsaved

EDITORIAL: Taking The Gospel To The Unsaved

In 1960, D. James Kennedy graduated from seminary and began preaching at the Coral Ridge Church in Fort Lauderdale, FL. After just eight months of ministry there, the congregation dwindled from 45 to 17 believers. Although he was very discouraged about what was happening, he would not give up. He realized the problem was that […]