The last year has seen a significant sea change in American public discourse regarding God and the Christian message. If you are not already aware of this new wind blowing across our bow, everyone serious about the Great Commission would do well to batten down for the gale-force storm that is brewing. It is no […]
What do a trumpet, hand puppets, and a U-Haul-type trailer have to do with evangelism? Well, for 40 years—involving children in more than ten states—that’s how my dad and mom pioneered a children’s ministry that touched thousands of lives. Many knew Bill King as “Mr. Bill,” “Uncle Bill,” “Mr. King” or even “the man with […]
Isaiah, speaking of a future time, declares “The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose” (Isa. 35:1). A preview of those blossoms can be found in Isaiah’s fourth Servant Song, where the Father calls “Behold, My Servant” (Isa. 52:13). A rose garden […]
In this clear Messianic passage, we find a rapid-fire description of the coming Christ. While all Scripture has significant meaning, it seems that, every so often, we run across a passage where every word is bursting with insights about our Lord. Isaiah chapter 9 contains one of those passages. This chapter seems an unlikely passage […]
His was the only life lived always for God, never for self. The 42nd chapter of Isaiah presents before our eyes the majestic perfections of the Servant of Jehovah. Here we have Jehovah speaking with great delight of the moral glories of His peerless Servant. “Who being in the form of God, thought it not […]
It’s tempting to say, “We don’t have one.” Tempting, but wrong. Where is your pastor?” If your church is seeking to follow the New Testament pattern for leadership, this is a question you’re likely to hear again and again. How should we answer it? I’ll never forget my first time at the breaking of bread. […]
“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood.” (Acts 20:28). There are many lessons in this verse: 1. The Christian worker must not neglect his own soul. He must […]
The roaring lion stalks the flock. They need to be defended! What are the duties and role of the elders in a local church? W.E. Vine defines an elder in this way: “those who being raised up and qualified by the work of the Holy Spirit, were appointed to have spiritual care of, and to […]
Is it really possible to know the state of the flocks by an occasional five-minute conversation at the end of the regular scheduled meetings? “Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.” (Prov. 27:23) The Old Testament Scriptures were written to a people who were primarily agricultural […]