On Monday night, 28 December 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation in light of the alarming increase in COVID-19 infections that we have witnessed over the festive season, as well as the new strain of the virus that has arisen in South Africa. He Read More ...
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“The unchangeableness of the divine purpose is a necessary consequence of the unchangeableness of the divine nature.”
Johann Keil
Pastor
Hildesheim, Germany
Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered God: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians
“We are to evangelize not because it is pleasant, not because it is easy, not because we may be successful, but because Christ has called us. He is our Lord. We have no other choice but to obey him.”
Leighton Ford
President, Leighton Ford Ministries
Charlotte, North Carolina
Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered God: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians
“As a race we are not even stray sheep, or wandering prodigals merely, we are rebels with weapons in our hands. Our supreme need from God, therefore, is not education of our conscience … but our redemption.”
P. T. Forsyth
Scottish Theologian
Principal of Hackney College, London
Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered Gold: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians
“Jesus is with us! His authority rests with his Church! Let us possess and use it with humility and energy.”
R. Kent Hughes
Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary
Glenside, Pennsylvania
The past ten months have been a challenge for local churches and for those called to lead them. With the implementation, subsequent adjustments, lifting, and reintroduction of lockdown restrictions, most elders feel like Ezra when he pulled his hair out (Ezra 9:3). Sometimes, we have Read More …
The dreaded announcement has come: Government restrictions on religious gatherings have been tightened. Churches are now limited to 250 persons for outdoor gatherings and 100 persons for indoor gatherings. This has presented the elders with another COVID-challenge: deciding how BBC should respond. In this article, Read More …
One of my regular prayers is the one written in Ephesians 3:16–19. Having reminded the Ephesian church that they were a divinely created household, Paul immediately begins to tell them that “for this reason” (3:1) he prayed for them. Though he interrupts himself mid-sentence, he Read More …
It might surprise you to learn that the Old Testament is not set in a world of monotheism. This is not to say that the Old Testament teaches the existence of other gods (see Isaiah 45:5; 43:11), but simply that it was written in a Read More …
