The Best Way to Prepare for the Future (Deuteronomy 1)
Deuteronomy 1:22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and
Northwest Baptist Church Building Update
It has been some time since I have given an update on the building for Northwest Baptist Church in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The reason is that, though we were looking nearly every week for suitable buildings, we had found none.
A Flashback of Unbelief (Numbers 32)
Numbers 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel. The nation of Israel is on the verge of entering the Promised Land.
Subtle Seduction (Numbers 25)
Numbers 25:1 1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. Satan will try anyway to corrupt and defile God’s people. When he could not bring an outright curse upon them,
Uncursable (Numbers 23)
Numbers 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? 23:23 This is no enchantment against Jacob, Neither is there any divination against Israel This is an extraordinary account of a heathen king (Balak) hiring a well-known diviner (Balaam)
December 2017 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors & Praying Friends, We continue to thank God for His blessings. Two more folks recently became members of the church, and we expect several others to join in the next few months. Also, several more people completed the
The Burden of Leadership (Numbers 20)
Numbers 20:12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Clean (Numbers 19)
Numbers 19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. Sin defiles.
They Fell on Their Faces (Numbers 16)
Numbers 16:4 “he fell upon his face” 16:22 “they fell upon their faces” 16:45 “they fell upon their faces” Three times in this chapter, Moses fell upon his face. Twice Aaron was included in this posture of intense prayer to
Worthy of Death (Number 15)
Numbers 15:36 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses. The man who was stoned was found gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. In context