Posts Tagged ‘Bible’

With the end of the calendar year quickly approaching, soon the season of self-reflection, life assessment, and New Year’s resolutions will be upon us. In addition to commitments to lose weight, spend more time with family, and take control of one’s schedule, many Christians will seek to recommit themselves to their Christian walk. Such recommitment Read more

As we would think about the semester before us and that to which Christ has called us, I want to draw our attention to John 15:1–11. I have entitled this sermon, “Abide in Christ: Priority One for Every Gospel Minister.” I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does Read more

“Continue in prayer”  (Charles H. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, January 2, Morning) Colossians 4:2: Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open Read more

On eight occasions Southern Baptists have convened their annual meeting in Houston, with none of these gatherings more consequential than 1979’s SBC. In that year messengers elected Adrian Rogers president, demonstrated the Pressler-Patterson coalition was a force with which to be reckoned, and birthed what would come to be known as the Conservative Resurgence. Though Read more

Transcript: Brothers and sisters, it is a joy to be here this morning at this first chapel service of the new semester—what we call Spring Convocation—and to gather on a day that means so much to the institution and a great deal to me personally. Every convocation is meaningful because it signals the dawn of a Read more