We recently returned (with everyone accounted for, praise the Lord!) from our annual trek into the wilderness for our version of summer camp with the young people of the Houston Baptist Church. For this year's adventure, we returned to the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I have been reminded recently of a glorious truth that I already knew, but need to recall often. That truth is...God does not need me! He is not "counting on" me. The effectiveness or lack thereof of my execution of His commands to me will not...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The following is a portion of an entry from “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs”, a book of Protestant history focused upon the martyrdoms of many believers through the years, written by the English historian John Foxe and published in 1563. This particular...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As summertime arrives and the patterns of many shift for a season away from the ingrained consistency of the school year to a less rigid structure and flow of life for the coming months, I'd like to acknowledge something that we adults have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Faith is trust. Faith is rest. And Abraham had it in spades. Abraham's faith in God is enlightening to consider. Among many other things, he: left his home and all he knew because God told him to "go" (Genesis 12:1-9) believed God's promise...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What do we do when good, faithful, God-fearing Christians disagree about what Scripture teaches? I pose this question in light of recent articles about the timing of the "gathering together" of the living and the dead saints to be with Jesus,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
