Weekly Devotional by Al Baker
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 10, March 8, 2018 "Do nothing from selfishness or empty deceit, but with humility of mind, let each of you consider one another as more important than yourselves." -Philippians 2:3,4 Psychotherapy and the Lack of Repentance Karl Menninger, the famed psychologist, in response to the folly of... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 9, March 1, 2018 "But we have the mind of Christ." - 1 Corinthians 2:16 Why? A Pew Research poll[1], released on December 16, 2015, asked the question, "Should homosexuality be accepted by society?" The percentage who are "okay with that", in all denominations, not just historically... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 8, February 22, 2018 "Judah was the father of Perez and Zorah by Tamar." -Matthew 1:3a Scoundrels in the Covenant Line We find in Genesis 38 the story of Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar, which is pretty problematic to read in family worship with young children. Try explaining... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 7, February 15, 2018 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." -Matthew 4:17 The First Thing Missing in Today's Evangelical Church In what Biblical scholars call Jesus' early Galilean ministry (beginning in Matthew 4:12), after His baptism by John and his temptation in the wilderness,... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 6, February 8, 2018 ". . . I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled." -Ezra 9:3 Are You Appalled at the Perversion? I came home the other day and my wife... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 5, February 1, 2018 "And He made from one, every nation of mankind to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitations." -Acts 17:26 Why Do So Many People Want to Immigrate to the United States?... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 4, January 25, 2018 “Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time, Noah walked with God.” -Genesis 6:9 Mighty Societal Impact John Bunyan, the author of Pilgrim’s Progress, The Holy War, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and many others books, was born into a... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 3, January 18, 2018 Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." -John 14:6 Snowflakes and the Exclusivity of Jesus Christ It appears that Chuck Palahniuk, in his novel Fight Club and in its movie adaptation, coined... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 2, January 11, 2018 “. . . to be cast into the eternal fire.” -Matthew 18:8 An Important 2018 Prayer Goal The Bible clearly states, repeatedly, that many people go to hell when they die. Why? First of all, since the Bible is God’s inspired, infallible, and... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 17, number 1, January 4, 2018 “They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; they did not find a way to an inhabited city. They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble” -Psalm 107:4-6 What I Would Say... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS 