The Ingredients of a 15 Minute Sermon

By Dennis Gullege Did you hear about the Baptist preacher recently who decided to cut his religious services down to 22 minutes and issued it as a challenge to see if people would be bold enough to “receive their religion in small doses.” He wanted to do for his preaching what McDonalds has done for food …

Rejoicing in the Work of the Lord!

By Harry Persaud Paul wrote Philippians from the Roman jail where he was imprisoned for the gospel’s sake. He rejoiced in spite of much opposition and persecution because “Christ is preached” (Phil. 1:7, 18). Knowing his brethren at Philippi would suffer “the same conflict,” he taught them to be al-ways “in nothing terrified by your adversaries,” …

Divine Authority and Christ

By Connie W. Adams God, as creator, has ultimate authority over everything created. Paul said on Mars Hill that “God made heaven and earth and all things therein”: and then concluded by saying “he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world”(Acts 17:24-31). When we say “God created” we must include Jesus Christ …

Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness

By Mike Willis “Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” (Psa. 29:2). Holiness has a beauty all of its own. There is something marvelous about a character that is pure in heart, without guile, devoted to the Lord’s service, lovely, and loveable. The beauty of …