GriefShare is a special weekly seminar and support group for people who are grieving the death of someone close to them. It may be hard for you to feel optimistic about the future at the death of a loved one. If you’ve lost a spouse, Read More ...
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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Brackenhurst Baptist Church is a Bible-teaching, Bible-preaching ministry with a growing passion to be God-centred in all things. With a desire to minister to all, our ministries include something for everyone. Our greatest passion is to honour and glorify God by making and maturing disciples who are becoming more like the Lord Jesus Christ. 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
A couple of years ago, Sovereign Grace Music released a Christmas album titled Prepare Him Room. It is a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and Sovereign Grace originals. One of my favourite tracks is an older classic—“O Holy Night”—but with new lyrics for the second and Read More …
The Old Testament, we have seen, is filled with prophecies of the coming Messiah. Christmas truly has ancient origins, stretching back to the very dawn of human history. But of all the ancient prophecies of Messiah, perhaps the best known by Christian readers of the Read More …
As you consider the many ancient prophecies of Christmas, certain themes blend together. We have seen, for example, that several messianic prophecies highlight the justice that Messiah would bring. Several focus on the peace that Messiah would bring. Another common theme is Messiah’s shepherding, which Read More …
The last three articles in the ancient Christmas series have focused on Isaiah’s prophecy. Around the same time that Isaiah ministered to Judah, a lesser-known prophet ministered in the small Jewish town of Moresheth, some 35km south of Jerusalem. Though less famous than his counterpart, Read More …
