“One thing I do not like about these three people [see Luke 9:57-62] is that none of them appears to have any sense of sin. Nothing is said about repentance or about their deep need of a Saviour. I regret that there should be so many persons outside of my text who have no repentance. They seem to jump into their religion as men do into their morning bath and the jump out again just as quickly, converted by the…
This week is Christian Life Week at Prairie Bible College, and beginning tomorrow, it is also an Alumni Reunion for those of us whose final year there was in 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, or 2001. I am in the middle – the Class of ’81. When I attended, it was called Fall Conference at Prairie Bible Institute. Pictured above is me, age 25, a freshman, and very recently widowed. My first husband, Bob, had died eight weeks earlier, in July….
We haven’t had many mosquitoes this year, but we’ve seen a lot of hornets! Hornets are quite the little opportunists, as I discovered when we lived out in the country on an acreage. All summer long the hornets monopolized our hummingbird feeders, chasing the tiny birds away. The hummingbirds migrated south at the beginning of September, and we left the feeders out for a while longer. The hornets loved that. We would find their nests everywhere. One year we were…
Have you ever asked these questions? Most people have. Who am I? Why am I here? What is wrong with the world? How can what is wrong be made right? So, why did God create us? Does He have a purpose for us? Let’s take a look at what some Bible teachers are saying. Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. John Piper…