Monthly Archives: July 2026

Many of us are taking medicine for what ails us, but how about ingesting something into your spirit occasionally that does “good like a medicine?” That is, something that makes your heart merry? Well, I offer such today. You may have seen these “bulletin bloopers” before, but they are funny no matter how many timesContinue reading “Some Good Medicine”

Recently I read an article by the late Dr. Robert Delnay that first appeared in Faith Baptist Theological Seminary’s July/August 1999 issue. Dr DeInay became the founding dean of Faith Baptist Seminary, in Iowa, in 1986, and he was an eminent professor of history and homiletics at Faith and other institutions for decades. I wasContinue reading “Resources for Preaching”

Paul was not boasting when, with his martyrdom imminent, he was able to say, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” (II Tim. 4:7) That is what every conscientious Christian hopes to be able to say when departure from this life is near. It is myContinue reading “Your Biography”

With permission, I want to share with you today a post which my friend, John Aker, recently sent to his friends in his post “Thoughts for the Week.” John has served as a chaplain in the United States Army, and has pastored churches in New England and Arizona, and currently is pastoring in Florida. AtContinue reading “Pastor John Aker’s Thought for the Week”

There is a person that the wise king Solomon said a great deal about in warning his son to watch out for and beware of. That person is mentioned in the first verse of David’s Psalms: “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly…nor sitteth in the seat of theContinue reading “Beware the Scorner”

Because our church held its annual week of Vacation Bible School last week, children are front and center on my mind—their place and importance in our lives, and the urgency that ought to characterize our ministry to them in the matter of their soul-salvation. Some argue that small children are too young to reasonably beContinue reading “Children, an Heritage of the Lord”

On a special occasion when he was president, Ronald Reagan spoke of our nation’s greatness. He said, “The greatness of America doesn’t begin in Washington; it begins with each of you—in the mighty spirit of free people under God, in the bedrock values you live by each day in your families, neighborhoods, work-places.” William ArthurContinue reading “Happy 250th Birthday, America!”