Jan 4, 2017 | Minister's Corner
I think about growth a lot. Some will no doubt attribute that to my occupation. No doubt about it, my training and my work do influence the things I think about. But I don’t believe that thinking about growth is an occupational hazard. Nor do I think that NOT thinking...
Dec 29, 2016 | Minister's Corner
One of the most often cited quotations from the late A. W. Tozer reads as follows: “If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference. If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New...
Dec 26, 2016 | Minister's Corner
What comes to mind when you think of a guard? Did you think of a guard inside a prison who makes sure prisoners do not escape? Were you thinking of someone in uniform at a bank who protects you from armed robbers? Or did you envision a soldier standing duty at a post?...
Dec 15, 2016 | Minister's Corner
When Peter was brought to the home of Cornelius and was given the opportunity to speak, he began with a few basic facts that they already knew. As my sixth-grade teacher used to always say, “Take them from the known to the unknown.” So Peter began with a basic and...
Nov 30, 2016 | Minister's Corner
No, it’s not meant as a biblical number that you should be aware of. It’s the number of emails I have accumulated over the last seven days. That doesn’t take into account the thousands that my email filters have already sent to my spam folder. This high volume...
Nov 28, 2016 | Minister's Corner
Toyota has been running a series of commercials for their new 2017 Corolla that is definitely designed to appeal to the millennials. Several vignettes of 20-somethings who choose the unconventional, quit their jobs, or party all night on the beach are shown while the...
Nov 16, 2016 | Minister's Corner
The Scriptures teach us that some things are hidden which shouldn’t be, some things are hidden that should be, and some things are hidden that can’t be. Any good thing the Lord has done should not be hidden. In the days of Jehoram, king of Israel, the Arameans laid...
Nov 9, 2016 | Minister's Corner
As Christians, subjected to “a great persecution” in the church at Jerusalem, scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria (Acts 8:1), they “went about preaching the word” (Acts 8:4). When we read “preaching,” it is easy to envision men standing in a pulpit...
Oct 26, 2016 | Minister's Corner
The Gospel Chariot is one of many evangelistic efforts used by our preaching brethren in Benin. Originally, it was a well-worn school bus sitting in a sale lot in Murray, KY. It was shipped to the BTC campus in Zinvie several years ago with the thought of using it to...
Oct 20, 2016 | Minister's Corner
There are several essentials always present in a growing church. I’m examining two in this article. You may be engaged in both; and, if so, God bless you! You may be disengaged from one or both. If, after reading this article, you come to that conclusion; then I hope...
