by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
Shaped by generations of Egyptian bondage, Israel had lost the ability to organize their own lives and society. With no provision for self-rule, they essentially knew two things: God had called them to be a blessed and great nation[1] and they were Egyptian slaves....
by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
Ken Gaub “God, sometimes I wonder if you know where I am!” I mused to myself. A melancholy cloud of self-pity enshrouded my mind as I tried to concentrate on driving. “God, even a preacher needs for you to let him know once in a while that you are...
by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
The term “one another” appears throughout the New Testament and applies beautifully to the husband and wife of a Christian marriage. The Bible’s advice on how to encourage, admonish, or instruct one another in matters of conduct and response is for the...
by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
Elizabeth Rooney Bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.~Galatians 6:2. We are one another’s burdens, and when we relate to someone, we bear them, not just their burdens. This concept gives significance to the most casual contact,...
by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
Compiled by Peter Schipper THE BIRTH OF JESUS This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendent of David. The...