Monthly Archives: June 2024

Those words, “I passed,” introduced a missionary prayer letter that our missionary in the Far East sent to supporting churches 20 years ago. With those words, he told a story about a member of their church who had taken a series of medical exams required for her to continue in her profession at a higherContinue reading ““I Passed!””

Two little teardrops were floating down the river of life; one said to the other, “Who are you?” “I am a teardrop from a girl who loved a man and lost him. Who are you?” “Well, I am a teardrop from the girl who got him.” Ever feel that life is sometimes like that? WeContinue reading “Let Us Therewith Be Content”

Jesus promised “I will build my church….” He began the work officially on the Day of Pentecost, when 3,000 souls were added to the infant church. He is still building it, one person at a time, and will continue to do so until Christ comes back “in the air” for the church. (I Thess. 4:13-18)Continue reading “Christ’s Church”

Perfect peace is what the prophet Isaiah called it. Peace that passeth all understanding is how the Apostle Paul described it. Peace that Jesus promised to leave His disciples when He said in the Upper Room just before His mock trial and crucifixion: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you…Let notContinue reading “Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace”

Tomorrow is Flag Day and Sunday is Father’s Day, two special days on our calendars. We pause tomorrow to thank God for everything “Old Glory” stands for; we proudly sing our National Anthem and without apology pledge allegiance to our nation’s emblem of liberty and justice for all! Then, Father’s Day. Fourteen years ago, oneContinue reading “Flag Day/Father’s Day”

In a post last week, I answered those who believe that baptism by water is necessary for salvation on the basis of Acts 2:38, showing that there is no justifiable reason—that one can substantiate from the Bible—to believe that water baptism has anything to do with one’s soul salvation. If you missed that post, letContinue reading “Baptism for Salvation?”

“Faith is just believing what God’s Word says is true.” That refrain comes to my heart often, and it is simply a line of a chorus I learned somewhere—probably in leading children in songs. Amazing what a simple chorus can do for the soul! But, speaking of faith—the substance of things hoped for, the evidenceContinue reading “Faith says….”

By grace alone, through faith alone, has been and remains the mantra of Bible-believers concerning the essence of salvation from the time (and even before) that Paul and Barnabas met in Jerusalem with the mother church to “hammer out” the sine qua none of salvation. The Jerusalem council determined that salvation is a matter ofContinue reading ““and be baptized…for the remission of sins.” (Acts 2:38)”