FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 47, November 25, 2021 “Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of the sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old or infirm. He gave them all into his hand.” -2... Continue Reading →
October 18, 1966, What Should We Learn?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 46, November 18, 2021 “Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.” -Romans 16:17c,18. The tension in the evangelical world of Great Britain had been building for several... Continue Reading →
No Freedom Without Virtue
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 45, November 11, 2021 “For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” -Galatians 5:13 When our federal and state governments mandated limits on public assemblies during the pandemic, including forbidding churches to... Continue Reading →
Freedom or Tyranny
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 44, November 4, 2021 “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man rules, people groan.” -Proverbs 29:2. Os Guinness tells the story of a young Massachusetts scholar in 1843 doing research on the American Revolutionary War and the events which led to it. In... Continue Reading →
Pushing Back Against Government Intrusion
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 43, October 28, 2021 “The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.” -Romans 14:22 James Otis[1] was eighteen years old when he graduated with his good friend John Adams from Harvard in... Continue Reading →
What Should We Learn From the Presbyterian Rebellion?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 42, October 21, 2021 “Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks to God, as he had been doing previously.” -Daniel 6:10 When the power brokers in Babylon... Continue Reading →
What Kind of Preaching Does Birmingham Need?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 41, October 14, 2021 “John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” -Mark 1:4 There are lots of similarities today between my town of Birmingham, Alabama and Jerusalem when John the Baptist began his preaching ministry. Birmingham is a... Continue Reading →
At the Moment of Death, What Happens to the Christian? Part Two
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 40, October 7, 2021 “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.” - Revelation 14:13 I wrote last week on this very important and comforting issue.... Continue Reading →
At the Moment of Death, What Happens to the Christian?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 39, September 30, 2021 “. . . the spirits of the righteous made perfect.” - Hebrews 12:24. I learned a long time ago to spend a few minutes every day thinking about heaven and what every Christian will experience when he gets there. In light of my own... Continue Reading →
Living Under the Sun, Living Under Heaven
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 38, September 23, 2021 “By the sweat of your face you will eat bread.” -Genesis 3:19. In 1776 Adam Smith, a Scottish economist and Deist, a good friend of David Hume the skeptic, wrote his famous book Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations that has profoundly... Continue Reading →