By glenn coon We all know that Jesus should be our #1 doctrine. But, HOW do we practice this? For the apostles, their first message was Jesus. The person of Jesus was their rallying cry. It was the doctrine of Jesus that brought the new members into the church. They were baptized into JESUS. If [...]

INTRODUCTION Daniel recorded four visions for us in Scripture (Dan. 7:1-28; 8:1-27; 9:24-27; 10:4-12:13). Dan. 9:24-27 is his third vision. It is a short vision (only four verses) that concerns God’s plans to transform the entire earth and fill it with the knowledge of the glory of God (Hab. 2:14). In this great plan, God [...]

By Jim Barringer When the weather is nice, when the sky is so blue that even a color-blind guy like me can see how beautiful it is, I like to go walking on the campus at Southwestern Seminary. During today’s walk, for whatever reason, I was pondering my personal philosophy of worship, the answer I [...]

PERGAMOS: A Church with Compromise (Rev. 2:12-17) 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: 13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the [...]

By Marijo Phelps Ah, my Father it is difficult to wait For the house we are building to be finished But so much more for those I love To come to Your gate And ask Jesus to be their Lord. Sometimes the desert Would turn to windswept years Were it not For the indestructible sterling [...]