Weekly Devotional by Al Baker
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 21, number 30, July 28, 2022 “But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.” -Revelation 2:4 Where is the vital godliness and holiness that characterized the church in the Acts of the Apostles? Where is the preciousness of Christ? Where is the convicting power of... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 34, August 13, 2020 "I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom, preach the word" -2 Timothy 4:1-2a I want to challenge every preacher who is reading this.... 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 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 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 2, January 9, 2020 "You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." -2 Timothy 2:1 While in a Roman prison, awaiting execution at the hands of Nero, the Roman Emperor, Paul is writing to his beloved son in the faith, Timothy. Paul gives... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 18, number 27, July 4, 2019 ". . . and I will remove the lamp stand out of its place unless you repent." -Revelation 2:5 Removing the Lampstand In the first of His seven letters to the church of Asia Minor, Jesus addresses the church in Ephesus, a church... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 18, number 21, May 23, 2019 "I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified." -1 Corinthians 2:2 The Usurpation of Evangelicalism by Social Action Warriors At the July 16-25, 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization (Lausanne I), called by Billy Graham, 2300 evangelical leaders... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 18, number 18, May 2, 2019 "How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,”—And your poverty will come in like a vagabond, and your need like an armed... Continue Reading →
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS 