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News and Notices

Shining Lights Youth Retreat Grace Gospel Chapel1642 Ehrets Lane, Allentown PAMarch 10-12, 2023 Grace Gospel Chapel in Allentown is planning the return of the Shining Lights Youth Retreat! The retreat for high-school, college, and career-aged youth will be held on...

O Little Town of Bethlehem

O Little Town of Bethlehem

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie!Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by;yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light.The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.For Christ is born of Mary, and, gathered...

Is Prophecy Important?

Is Prophecy Important?

It is not uncommon in our day to hear people say that prophecy is not important. They insist that we ought to focus on more important matters like evangelism or discipleship and not waste precious time on secondary matters like prophecy. While I empathize with their...

Two Kinds of Doubt

Two Kinds of Doubt

The modern age is plagued by doubt. Moral relativism’s onset erodes certainty, leaving indecision about ultimate reality in its wake. Even in religious circles doubt is lauded as humble and high-minded.1 Yet the Bible teaches believers to take their doubts to the...

A Word Fitly Spoken

A Word Fitly Spoken

All too often men, young as well as old, get up to read long passages from the Word with a comment here and there but lacking any central thought. Others string together reference after reference while we turn the pages of our Bibles to keep up with the reader, making...

Lord of the Locusts

Lord of the Locusts

The people of Israel were reeling. A tsunami of locusts had swept through the nation and ravished the land from one end to the other. In the wake of this devastation, the prophet Joel has been assigned the unenvious task of letting his wayward countrymen know why it...

News and Notices

News and Notices

CMML Youth Night November 11, 2022Maplewood Bible Chapel 127 Burnett Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040 CMML will hold their annual Youth Night at Maplewood Bible Chapel on November 11, 2022. The speaker this year will be Dr. Steve Price. The in-person event will also be...

Give Me This Mountain

Give Me This Mountain

How easily tempted and subtly lured, To pray for mountains to move,  When oft, the stark reality is, Tis you, not the mountain He moves. The climb may be steep and the threats may loom large, Yet with Caleb we boldly will pray,  “Give me this mountain, if...

Walls, Gates, and the Road to Revival

Faithfulness to God

“So, then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.”  Galatians 3:9 It was King David who cried out, “Help, Lord; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.” (Ps. 12:1). A generation later, his son Solomon...

Worship: Emptied or Filled?

Worship: Emptied or Filled?

Israel is not the church, and the church is not Israel. But Scripture gives the church warrant to learn from Israel.  For example, Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 10:  Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things...

Restoration

Restoration

“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” Galatians 6:1 During our short sojourn on this earth, there are several ongoing tasks which our God has...

The Reasonableness of God

The Reasonableness of God

Some view Christians as being brainless zombies who simply believe whatever their religious authorities tell them. While this observation may characterize Christendom as a humanized form, the Bible encourages people to diligently seek understanding and commends those...