While We Wait
Reading Time: 4 minutesGod’s children are given precious promises about the future. We’re promised an eternal place (John 14:2-4), pearly gates and…
A Book and a Blanket
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn lazy summer days of childhood, I loved nothing better than to grab a book and a blanket and…
Hope of Glory
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe longest single narrative in the book of Genesis, and in the entire Pentateuch, isn’t about Noah or Jacob…
The Power of Godly Influence
Reading Time: 4 minutesPriscilla showed up at my front door after sundown one July evening. Her pumpkin-round face and piercing black eyes…
Listening for God
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt ten years old, our youngest complained about a group leader who talked too much. I encouraged him to…
A Future and a Hope
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreetings BA Readers, This is my last “First Word” of 2023. I thank the Lord for His blessings this year,…
Does the New Testament equate Jesus with the Lord (Yahweh) of the Old Testament?
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestions & Answers Does the New Testament equate Jesus with the Lord (Yahweh) of the Old Testament? If…
Eternal Kingdom
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEternal Kingdom I saw her pause, lean on her cane to listen to another person in pain, offering…
A LEGACY of Leadership
Reading Time: 5 minutesI picked up the hotel room movie guide and was struck by the tag line for a program titled…
Stepping Out
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt didn’t happen overnight. Simon Peter took many missteps along the way, but God changed him from an ordinary…