The 2019 World Outreach Celebration will be held from 7–10 March 2019. Our guest speaker will be Ken Mbugua from Emmanuel Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya. Ken studied at Central Africa Bible College in Kitwe, Zambia, from which he holds an undergraduate degree in Bible. 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
In a previous article in this series, we considered Isaiah’s prophecy of the virgin. The background to that prophecy will prove helpful here, too, for Isaiah delivered this prophecy likely during the reign of the same king: Ahaz. As we noted previously, Isaiah ministered to, and Read More …
Throughout the Bible, God’s promises frequently appear against the backdrop of deep darkness. It is usually in the midst of our gloom that the rays of divine hope shine brightest. That is what we have seen so far in our series in an ancient Christmas. Read More …
The prophet Isaiah ministered to Judah around six hundred years before Christ. His ministry spanned the reigns of at least four Judean kings: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah. Three of those kings were godly, but Ahaz was a particularly despicable character. Second Kings 16 gives Read More …
As noted previously, there is a vocal minority within the wider Christian community that vociferously objects to the celebration of Christmas. They object on three major bases: the birth of Christ is nowhere celebrated in the Bible or in early Christian literature; Jesus was arguably not born in Read More …
