FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 37, September 16 2021 “….we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” -Romans 5:1 Don and Carol Richardson had come with their infant son to the Sawi people of southwestern New Guinea for the purpose of bringing the good news of the gospel to them. After... Continue Reading →
The Disgrace of Following Jesus
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 36, September 9, 2021 “Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands of him, He asked him, ‘Do you see anything?’” - Mark 8:23 Have you ever wondered why Jesus spit on... Continue Reading →
A Modern Day David Brainerd
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 35, September 2, 2021 “On my bed night after night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.” - Song of Solomon 3:1. I have a colleague in ministry, who lives in another country where persecution of believers is rampant. I... Continue Reading →
Living with Shame and Misery
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 34, August 26, 2021 “I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes.” -Zechariah 3:4 I am currently reading my friend John Barber’s most recent book, a novel entitled The Trees Have Goats: A Story of Arab Women’s Struggle for... Continue Reading →
Is a Seminary, Theological Degree Necessary for Pastors?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 33, August 19, 2021 “Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.” -Acts 4:13. I was ordained into the gospel ministry forty years ago... Continue Reading →
God Will Do What He Promises to Do
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 32, August 12, 2021 “Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin.”... Continue Reading →
Go to Joseph
Go to Joseph FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 31, August 5, 2021 “So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph, whatever he says to do, you shall do.” -Genesis 41:55. The favoritism of Jacob toward... Continue Reading →
How I Would Now Frame a Worship Service, Spirit Anointed Prayer
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 30, July 29, 2021 "They were continually devoting themselves . . . to prayer." -Acts 2:42 James the apostle, in his letter to the twelve tribes who were disbursed abroad, was seeking to bring them back to the revival culture they had first experienced on the day of... Continue Reading →
How I Would Now Frame a Worship Service, Spirit Anointed Communion
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 29, July 22, 2021 “They were continually devoting themselves . . . to the breaking of bread,” -Acts 2:42. I, for one, am very thankful that many of our Presbyterian and Reformed churches observe the Lord’s Supper each Sunday. After all, we believe that the Lord’s Supper is... Continue Reading →
How I Would Now Frame a Worship Service, Spirit Anointed Fellowship
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 20, number 28, July 15, 2021 “They were continually devoting themselves . . . to fellowship” Why does modern day preaching do so little to transform people in the pew? When the Apostle Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, after the promised Holy Spirit had been poured out in... Continue Reading →