FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 22, May 21, 2020 ". . . so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places."-Ephesians 3:10 Arthur George (A.G.) Gaston (1892-1996) was born into poverty in Demopolis, Alabama. His father was... Continue Reading →
How Should White Conservative Christians Serve Our Urban Communities? Getting the Gospel Right
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 21, May 14, 2020 ". . . so that we do not drift away from it. . . how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?" Hebrews 2:1,3 Early in the morning of June 16, 1966 two black men entered the Lafayette Grill in Patterson, New... Continue Reading →
How Should White Conservative Christians Serve Our Urban Communities? The Diagnosis
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 20, May 7, 2020 "... a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all and in all." -Colossians 3:11 I grew up in Birmingham but was living in Chicago, Illinois in 1963 when... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 and the Doctrine of God’s Immensity
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 18, April 23, 2020 "Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these stars, the One who leads forth their host by number. He calls them all by name; because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, not one of... Continue Reading →
Preaching Worthy of COVID-19, Part 2
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 17, April 16, 2020 "Prophesy over these bones." -Ezekiel 37:4 In my devotional from April 9, I addressed the issue of preaching that is worthy of COVID-19. What kind of preaching is necessary to revive the church and to convert the lost at such a momentous time in our... Continue Reading →
Preaching Worthy of COVID-19, Part One
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 16, April 9, 2020 "Prophesy over these bones." -Ezekiel 37:4 Not since World War II has the entire world been so adversely and strikingly affected as we now are with COVID-19. We are told that this week we will likely reach the peak of deaths in the United... Continue Reading →
No One Can Buy Himself Out of COVID-19
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 15, April 2, 2020 "They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord." -Ezekiel 7:19 The prophet Ezekiel, preaching around 630... Continue Reading →
Is COVID-19 a Judgment from God?
With COVID-19 I believe we are now facing a potential pestilence of Old Testament proportions. It seems to me extremely important for fathers, pastors, elders, and deacons to lead their people Biblically in the months ahead. Therefore I plan to get more information out on how I think we should proceed. I will be sending... Continue Reading →
Lessons Learned from Memorial Presbyterian Church and the Q Collective
By Al Baker, TE PCA, Evangel PresbyteryMarch 6, 2020 "Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness; or what fellowship has light with darkness?" -2 Corinthians 6:14 The story broke March 5 of Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCA) and its connection with The Chapel, described as a ministry partner on the Memorial... Continue Reading →
The Practical Implications of Particular Redemption
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 10, March 5, 2020 "I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me. . . I lay down my life for the sheep." -John 10:14,15 If I did not believe the doctrines of election and particular redemption were true then I would get... Continue Reading →