As Abraham was sitting at his tent door in the heat of the day, the pre-incarnate Son of God suddenly appeared along with two angels (Gen. 18:1-2). Recognizing the significance of the occasion, Abraham ran to greet them, extending to them the eastern hospitality...
Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers…we therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth. 3 John 1:5-8 In the New Testament, we often admire apostles like Peter for his preaching, Paul for his...
My story begins in 1988 in Northern Africa, in the Sudan. My grandparents moved there from Egypt years prior to this for work. At the time of my birth, it was the largest country on the continent and held the record for the longest on-going civil war. It is little...
The nation of Moldova gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, when a democratically elected government took power. Nestled between Ukraine and Romania, this little nation is one of the poorest countries in Europe. Founded in Australia, Christian Mission...
Sanctification is simply the process of spiritual growth by which God progressively makes us more like His Beloved Son, our Savior. The natural outgrowth of this process is that believers will live godly lives for the Lord Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul reminds us...
“Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is...
In truth, every scripturally gathered assembly does indeed have a Pastor. The important distinction is that the Pastor of each local assembly is the Lord Jesus Christ, and not a full-time paid person as the word “pastor” is often understood to be. Our first...
Camp Hope Fall Family Conference November 8-10, 20247011 Pony Lake Rd Dahlonega, GA The Fall Family Conference begins Friday at 6:00 pm ending Sunday 1:00 pm. It is a weekend for families to get away and enjoy in-depth teaching from the Word of God and fellowship...
The Prayer Your Lips Have Pleaded Unanswered yet? The prayer your lips have pleadedIn agony of heart these many years?Does faith begin to fail? Is hope departing?And think you all in vain those falling tears?Say not the Father hath not heard your prayer;You shall have...
“Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify Your name forevermore.” Psalms 86:11-12 When the Lord decided to replace Saul as king, He spoke to him...
Preaching the gospel is a sacred stewardship and Scripture sets a high standard for those who undertake this ministry. First Thessalonians 2 teaches that fruitfulness in ministry is directly proportional to the preacher’s character. Paul and Silas suffered physical...
In ancient times the narrow Gaza Strip, measuring 140 square miles, was given the name Philistia by the Greeks. The Philistines were an aggressive, warlike “Sea People” who arrived on the southern shores of the Mediterranean from Crete in about 1208 B.C. After an...
Early Beginnings I was raised in a Christian home by parents who fellowshipped at a small assembly in my hometown of Broxburn, Scotland, 12 miles west of Edinburgh. My father had become a Christian in his late teens and was the first to get saved in his family. Later...
A Brief History In 1938, Ed Harlow, a young missionary in the Belgian Congo, felt a divine calling to establish a Bible school in North America. Shortly after, he left his mission station and traveled to Toronto, Canada, where, in 1941, he, along with John Smart and...
One of the greatest privileges that every Christian possesses is access into the very presence of God. Romans 5:2 reminds us that we have “access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” We rejoice not only because we are...
In bringing Israel across the Jordan, the Lord taught them that He was with them as He was in previous generations. They could with confidence know He was the living God and could confidently go forward with Him in faith (Josh. 3:10; 4:21-24). Have you gone forward...
First, we must have an appreciation for who the Holy Spirit is and how He functions within the Godhead. In the Great Commission, Christ affirms the deity of the Person of the Holy Spirit by stating the one singular Name of the triune God: “…baptizing them in the name...
27th Annual Ladies Retreat September 27-29, 2024Camp Hope 7011 Pony Lake Rd Dahlonega, GA 30533 Come join them for a weekend of refreshment and encouragement in the Word. The speaker is Tammy Hollingsworth of Augusta, Ga. There will also be breakout sessions, craft...
God’s Holy Spirit now lives in your heartTo help you choose what is right.But with frequent temptations to sin,It’s often not God, but ourselves, we delight! In the Bible God gives us warnings,That our heart we should carefully guard.For it’s easy to make wrong...
Every member of a relay team is vital to its success. They must brilliantly run their leg of the race and then securely hand off the baton to the next runner. Similarly, each believer may be viewed as a runner on a multi-generational relay team, responsible for...