Weekly Devotional by Al Baker
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 33, August 6, 2020 ". . . whenever I go to Spain—for I hope to see you in passing. . ." -Romans 15:24 The Convocation of Sessions for Vanguard Presbytery on July 30 was a joyful time of worship—singing, praying, preaching, and fellowshipping as believers around a common purpose—the... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 32, July 30, 2020 "whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith." -Romans 3:25 Today, more than one hundred people are gathering in Nashville (due to COVID-19 many more are following the meeting by live streaming it) for a meeting of Vanguard Presbytery, a... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 31, July 23, 2020 "For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory." -2 Timothy 2:10 I spent about thirty minutes each morning in most... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 30, July 16, 2020 "Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them . . . " -Acts 4:8 I am amazed at the keen interest from around the country as people are inquiring about Vanguard Presbytery and the possibility of Vanguard church plants in their cities.... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 29, July 9, 2020 "And He gave some as evangelists." -Ephesians 4:11 I have written elsewhere on the Biblical rationale for the office of evangelist[1] and my friend Dr. Dewey Roberts has written an excellent Biblical and exegetical statement for it as well.[2] Therefore I will not plow that field again.... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 28, July 2, 2020 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day." -John 6:44 Without question the Great Awakening in Colonial America, between 1735 and 1770, was Calvinistic to the core. That... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 27, June 25, 2020 "And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness." -Acts 4:31 The Presbyterian denomination in Colonial America was established with... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 26, June 18, 2020 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you." -Matthew 28:19,20 Last week I wrote that I have left the... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 25, June 11, 2020 "Depart, depart, go out from there, touch nothing unclean; go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves. . ." -Isaiah 52:11 My wife and I became members of the Presbyterian Church in America in 1976 when we had the privilege of working on... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 23, May 28, 2020 "Vindicate the weak and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute."-Psalm 82:3 Consider these facts:—compared with white women, black women are 25% less likely ever to have been married and about half as likely to be currently married.—in 1998 about 29% of African... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS 