“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...