No more daunting task could have been given the church than to evangelize the whole world. Surely for such a job God would have chosen angels to speak to the world as they first spoke the good news to shepherds and caused such urgency on their part. Or perhaps a multiplication of apostles and prophets […]
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Author: Rick Shrader
Tell It To The Church
When the Lord Jesus Christ announced, I will build my church (Matt. 16:18), it was established as an absolute monarchy with Himself as the sovereign Head. As long as this supreme Monarch was physically present with the disciples, their commission and instructions were held in abeyance, waiting for the enabling Power for operation. With the […]
Elders Worthy of Double Honor
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine (1 Tim. 5:17). Baptists have never thought they were the only believers in the world or the only ones with Bibles. All believers have the obligation to apply the Scriptures to every part […]
Repeat His Mercies In Your Song — Again!
Give to our God immortal praise; Mercy and truth are all His ways; Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat His mercies in your song. Isaac Watts My purpose for this outline years ago was to offer a conservative vote for conservative church music. Just recently I was criticized anonymously by email for being critical […]
The Right Time, The Right Place, The Rig...
One of the most concise and powerful explanations of the Christmas history is found in Paul’s letter to the Galatians: But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the […]
The Greatest Obstacle to Bible Knowledge
The greatest obstacle to Bible knowledge is not culture, nor education, nor any other thing lacking in our lives, but rather it is something existing in our lives that should not be there. Paul said of the Corinthian church, That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge […]
Come Up Hither
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. 2And immediately I was in the spirit. Rev. 4:1-2a We […]
There Is Peace In The Storm
There’s an old saying that goes, “Whatever you’re overflowing with will spill out when you’re bumped.” The apostle Paul was bumped all over the world and nothing spilled out but gold, silver and precious stones. With the jewelry of Roman chains hanging about him he wrote, Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer […]
Essentials and Nonessentials
Most things in life could be categorized into essential or nonessential, depending on the priorities at hand. The basic necessities of life are essential if we want to stay alive. Food is essential to life but ice cream may be a nonessential when your budget is on a shoe string. Many of the things that […]
Give Attendance to Reading
Paul left that instruction to Timothy at the end of his first letter (1 Tim 4:13). In the second letter (2 Tim 4:13), the apostle instructs Timothy to bring him three things: a coat; books; and “especially” the parchments. It is humbling to think that, on death row, Paul would want his books! It seems […]