Radical evangelistic prayer

John MacArthur: Praying for the Lost
Excerpts:
Do you have a heart to pray for the lost like Jesus did? Do you have the passion that inspired John Knox to plead, “Give me Scotland or I die”? Is your attitude that of George Whitefield, who prayed, “O Lord, give me souls or take my soul”? Do you, [...]

“seedtime and harvest, cold and heat”

Bob McCabe: Much Ado About Nothing: Global Warming
Introduction:
Though I have some level of concern about my stewardship of the environment as an outworking of the dominion mandate in Genesis 1, I am convinced that the hurricane force of the current global warming frenzy is unbiblical. Some of our politicians and the news media have [...]

An answer to “open theism”

Does the Bible Affirm Open Theism?
Excerpts:
The problem stated:
open theists infer that God is a temporal being (not “above time” as in much traditional theology), that he changes his mind, that his plans are influenced by creatures, that he sometimes regrets actions that he has performed (as Gen. 6:6), and that he does not have exhaustive [...]

Honoring them as warriors

America’s Honor: The stories behind Memorial Day
Once we knew who and what to honor on Memorial Day: those who had given all their tomorrows, as was said of the men who stormed the beaches of Normandy, for our todays. But in a world saturated with selfhood, where every death is by definition a death in [...]

What a Friend for sinners!

Chuck Bumgardner on: Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners
Within the present hymn, we find in turn a number of descriptions of Jesus tied to the various forms of aid He provides for those who are His.
Do we fall short of the glory of God? Jesus is the sinner’s loving Friend (Matt 11:19) who makes us [...]

He Himself gave some to be apostles

And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers (Ephesians 4:11)
I came across this helpful article this morning that addresses the issue of whether apostles continue to the present day. We have discussed this briefly in Bible study and my conclusion is that the apostles represented a [...]

Can Christians Become Demon-Possessed?

John MacArthur: Can Christians Become Demon-Possessed?
What does God’s Word, the touchstone of truth, say? Can demons inhabit or spatially indwell a true believer? Can they walk through an open door and become a squatter? Proponents of today’s spiritual warfare movement say yes, but they base their answer on subjective experience, not on God’s Word. The [...]

Off with the old, on with the new (Ephesians 4:17-24)

Our study this coming Wednesday will be from Ephesians 4:17-24
Our outline:

The authority of the directive (17a, “I … testify in the Lord”)
The distinctive walk directed (17b, “you should no longer walk as the rest”)
the mindset of the majority (17c-19)

“futility of their mind” (17)
“understanding darkened” (18 )
“alienated from the life of God” (18 )
“blindness of their [...]

Doug Roman: Lasting marital love

Pastor Doug Roman of Bible Baptist Church comments on marital love:
What Can We Learn from an Octogenarian on Love and Marraige?
Conclusion:
Will I write these kinds of notes to my wife when I’m 80, if the Lord tarries and he gives me breath? Am I writing them now? If not, today would be a [...]

Good bye Charlene

We are going to have a fellowship with cake and refreshments Wedneday night June 4th!
Be sure to be there to say good bye to Charlene!

June 4th is a very busy night: We have half a dozen or so 4BYAers involved in training for Summer ministries (during the 7 -8 hour) and half a dozen 4BYAers [...]