This is the order of Scripture: The Word of God is proclaimed, heard or read; the Spirit of God convicts the sinner, bringing him to the place where he desires to be saved, and is ready to receive Christ. Believing the gospel, he is justified by faith. Let me give a word to those who […]
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Report: Believers Bible Chapel, Pineville, NC
Ebenezer: Hitherto Hath the Lord Helped Us! Samuel set up a memorial stone and called it Ebenezer, meaning stone of help. It was a way of acknowledging the Lord’s help up to this point. We, too, can raise our Ebenezer as we look back over the past 16 years since the beginning of Believers Bible […]
Report: Stewards Foundation, Dallas, TX
William McCartney first conceived of the idea of Stewards Foundation as the result of a personal experience. His home assembly was in need of a new facility and decided to undertake financing the project by receiving gifts from, and offering interest-bearing notes to those in fellowship. Someone asked, why not seek financing from a bank? […]
Report: Walk Worthy Weekend, Leesburg, Florida
The Walk Worthy Weekend is a three-day retreat with in-depth Bible teaching for serious young adults. This retreat is held every fall at Camp Horizon for young people from throughout Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. This retreat features excellent Bible teachers tackling some very relevant and difficult topics. In recent years capable speakers such as […]
The Master’s Master Principle
“Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all” – Mark 10:43-44 The teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ stands in stark contrast to the principles of the world. Indeed, that which the world holds in high esteem is usually […]
True Greatness
“Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your servant; and whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—” (Matthew 20:26-27NKJV). What is true greatness? In the kingdom of this world, the great man is the one who has risen to a place of wealth and power. He has a […]
Examination: The Shack Movie
In 2007, the novel The Shack1 took the Christian community by storm. At that time, this self-published work sold well over one million copies in a single year. The Shack stood at the number one position for paperback fiction on the New York Times’ bestsellers list for a number of months. Many Christian leaders have […]
Hymn Stories: Blessed Assurance
If America ever had lords and ladies, surely Phoebe P. Knapp would have belonged among the ladies. She was the daughter of two notable Christian leaders, Walter and Phoebe Palmer. To this day Phoebe Palmer is hailed as one of the most prominent religious women of the 1800s, author of the classic The Way of […]
Report: The Discipleship Intern Training Program
The greatest prayer request of churches around the world is for more and better leaders. In 1972, three Bible teachers—William MacDonald, O. Jean Gibson, and Jack Davies—sought the Lord’s guidance as to how they could address the problem. They saw in the Scriptures that Jesus taught the multitudes, but focused His attention on the training […]
Report: Country Bible Church
Country Bible Church is located in northeastern Wisconsin, between Casco and Luxemburg, about 20 miles east of Green Bay at the southern terminus of the Door Peninsula. Much of the populace of this area consists of descendants of the original immigrants from Belgium, Ireland, Germany, and Czechoslovakia—meaning that the Roman Catholic and Lutheran religions are […]
Report: “In Tents” Young Woman’s Discipleship Ministry
Several years ago, Ann Bjorlie was burdened to start the “InTents” discipleship program for young women. Her vision was to inspire and prepare them to serve God where He has placed them, with the gifts He has given them. Since 2010, Ann has welcomed many young women into her life and home, exposing them to […]
Fullness of the Holy Spirit
The year of 1871 was a critical one for D. L. Moody. He had been greatly used of God, but felt that something was lacking. He realized more and more how little he was fitted with personal talents for his work and how much he needed the Holy Spirit’s power. He continued to hunger for […]
The Sword of the Spirit
Some people like knives; others like guns; others like bows and arrows. I have a favorite weapon that is extremely effective at close and long range, day or night, in all weather. It can get through any metal detector or x-ray machine. I know! I have taken it with me on all kinds of public […]
The Filling of the Spirit
We read in Ephesians 5:18, “And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit.” What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? It means to be controlled by the Spirit of God. God wants us to enjoy our relationship with Him. When the Lord Jesus […]
Does All Scripture Apply to Us Today?
There are certain questions which are foundational to Christian doctrine and practice. For example, “Where do we find authoritative revelation from God?” If the answer is “the Bible plus subsequent books,” we shall arrive at Mormonism or Islam. If the answer is “the Bible plus the teachings of the Church,” we will become Roman Catholics. […]
Prompting More Priests To Lead Out In Worship
The Lord’s Supper provides an excellent opportunity for the men in an assembly to exercise their priesthood. Yet many of those men rarely, if ever, take advantage of that opportunity by participating audibly in the breaking of bread. Is it possible to persuade more of these men to take part, and, if so, how specifically? […]
Book Review: New Testament Priests, Speak Up! Encouraging Broader Participation In The Lord’s Supper
Understanding what worship is can be a challenge for a new believer. Even harder might be actually going ahead and sharing in a worship meeting. Truthfully, many find it very intimidating to start participating audibly in the Lord’s Supper. “I could never see myself standing up and talking.” “What should I say?” “What will others […]
Report: North American Week of Prayer
The annual North American Week of Prayer is quickly approaching again. Once again, it will be held, in the Kansas City area on May 1-5, 2017 at The Bible Chapel of Shawnee, 12230 West 75th Street, Shawnee, Kansas. Last year there were more than 10 official satellite sites around North America, and over 300 home […]
Report: The eTeams Story, Short Term Missions Producing Long Term Results
The eTeams ministry is an assembly-based outreach that has been formally working under the auspices of MSC Canada and in cooperation with CMML. Short-term missions is the main road down which many of our long-term missionaries first walked. Their brief mission experience educated, equipped, and challenged them to consider what the Lord could do with […]
Ninety Years and Counting: The History of Assemblies in Quebec
It was nine decades ago, in 1926, that the first assembly commended worker, John Spreeman arrived in the province of Quebec to begin a “boots on the ground” work of evangelization among French Canadians. Indeed, for number of years, tract bands from the neighboring province of Ontario had already been showering the province with the […]