Sermon “listening” is a subject that doesn’t get much press. We know about the pastor’s responsibility to preach biblical and engaging sermons (2 Tim 4:2), but how often have you heard about a listener’s responsibility in the process? For those who have a high view of corporate ...
Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it. Mark 10:15 Several years ago, I began a study of I Peter 4:11, “If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God.” That study opened my eyes to the necessity of men ...
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Bonnie Engstrom believes a long-deceased TV priest helped save her son's life after he was born in 2010 without a pulse. The Catholic Church agreed, declaring the boy's resuscitation a miracle after Engstrom and others sought the heavenly prayers of the late ...
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[Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part article by Dr. James Barnes] Number 5. Be committed to hard work. V.10 Labor and strive. It means to agonize in a struggle or a sweating labor. It is hard work preparing sermons or a new lesson in a clear and accurate and insightful and ...
Matthew 18:21-22 It’s hard to believe this will be the 25th anniversary of the tragic event we know simply by its date, 9-11. On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 members of the terrorist group al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes ...
