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"How do you deal with the trials and tribulations of the past year and the prospect of the unknown new year with all its possibilities?" Those are the first words of my message this coming Sunday at Amelia Plantation Chapel. I will be preaching on OUR FUTURE GLORY...
GOOD NEWS OF A GREAT JOY
The news presenter asks the physician, “What can we do this Christmas to make us safe?” The physician responds with the usual mitigating advice. The Christmas angel’s message is, “Fear not, for behold I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the...
THE HUMILITY AND COURAGE OF MARY
OBEDIENCE, Pietro Annigoni, Monte Cassino, Italy. “The angel Gabriel said, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of...
A FIFTEEN WEEK CLASS IN CHRISTIAN BELIEFS FOR THE NEW YEAR
A COURSE IN GENUINE CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND PRACTICE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Using his latest book JOHN STOTT: A SUMMARY OF HIS TEACHING as a resource, Ted Schroder will survey major Christian beliefs and practice and their application for today. The following...
AMAZON REVIEW OF JOHN STOTT: A SUMMARY OF HIS TEACHING
REVIEWED BY SCOTT ROSE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Two hallmarks of Christianity are dedication to the correct understanding of the Word of God and faithful adherence to it. John Stott exemplified both of these traits, and in his survey of Stott’s teaching, so does Ted...
ADVENT
This is the beginning of the Christian Year: the season of Advent, those four weeks before Christmas when we prepare for the coming of Christ – his first coming in humility at Bethlehem, and his second coming in glory at the end of our time. The prayers and hymns of...
DEALING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS
Ross Douthat has been opinion columnist for The New York Times since 2009. He is also film critic for National Review. I have read his columns and books over the years and found him insightful and stimulating. He became a Roman Catholic from a Pentecostal background....
THANKSGIVING
When Thanksgiving approaches I receive in the mail a catalogue from the New Braunfels Smokehouse in Texas. We used to enjoy eating in their restaurant and buying goods from their shop when we lived in San Antonio. In fact the owners were members of my congregation. I...
A CALL FOR DISCERNMENT AND COURAGE
On March 8, 1983, President Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union, the “evil empire” in a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando. He said: “They preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man and predict its...
WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN THE WORLD
What is really going on in the world? What is going on behind the scenes? The book of Revelation give us a back-story to human history. “A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun…Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red...
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