by Brian Stone | 26 Jun 2014 | Articles
It is good from time to time to take a step back and re-evaluate what it is to which God has called us—and Ernest Pickering helps us to do that in his book, The Tragedy of Compromise published by Bob Jones University Press. He raises two questions: (1) Was God’s...
by Doug Van Meter | 26 May 2014 | Articles
I recently read the book, Practicing Affirmation by Sam Crabtree. If I could afford to, I would buy a copy for every member of BBC. It really is that good. It is the first book that I have come across that specifically deals with this essential theme. My only regret...
by Doug Van Meter | 6 May 2014 | Articles
On 7 May South Africans will once again vote in a democratic election. I well remember the first one in 1994 and the incredible experience of seeing people lined up at polling stations to cast their vote. The Lord was gracious to us as a nation as peace reigned at a...
by Conrad Mbewe | 20 Mar 2014 | Articles
Issues of church government, especially once you go beyond the confines of the local church, can be quite dicey. The historical forms have ended up in three broad categories—Episcopalianism, Presbyterianism and Congregationalism. As Reformed Baptists, we fall in the...
by Joshua Mack | 7 Mar 2014 | Articles
We were with a neat group of people today talking mercy ministry and the church and that always gets me stirred up, so be warned—random thoughts ahead. But imagine someone asking whether social ministries are hindering church planting in Africa. In other words, are...
by Joachim Rieck | 2 Mar 2014 | Articles, Eastside Baptist Church (Windhoek, Namibia)
Today’s headlines (24/02/2014) in The Namibian carried the title, “Nation of sick men” written by Shinovene Immanuel and Nomhle Kangootui. This headline comes in response to the ninth killing this year, and the sixth in about three weeks, of women by their boyfriends....