From the familiar pages of the gospel of Luke comes the story of the shepherds and the angelic herald announcing the birth of Jesus Christ. From the account written by Luke, it seems as if at the very moment the baby Jesus was being wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in the manger the angels[…]
Why persecutions
Today (November 2, 2014) our congregation joined others throughout the world in observing the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. We began with a sacrament charge by Seventy Gary Whiting in preparation of our partaking of the Lord’s Supper together. Brother Gary spoke on persecution based on Jesus’ words found in John 15, words that Jesus spoke just prior to His betrayal and[…]
Why do bad things happen in the world?
The possibility for both good and evil to occur in the world is the result of God’s unique ability and decision to create stewards who actually have the capacity to be stewards over that which He entrusts into their care (cf. Matthew 21:35-56). That is, God has created both angels and men and women to hold stewardship responsibilities before Him[…]
Why weakness
Jesus Christ tells us that He gives us weakness and that He does so for a specific purpose: that we may be humble before Him. I give unto men weakness, that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and[…]
“Why are you so many good things and are not the most important thing of all?”
In a message he gave at a VOM conference in March of 1997, the late Pastor Richard Wurmbrand spoke of a strange personal experience in which he was taken to the high peak of a mountain and asked a curious and delicate question by a celestial being of unspeakable beauty. This heavenly messenger asked Pastor Wurmbrand: [quote]“Why[…]
Why prayer
Many reasons are given in the scriptures for why we are to pray. The reason featured in this post is God’s love and how we receive His love through the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us in the prayer of faith. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord[…]
Why be a doer of God’s Word
Love not the world, neither the things that are of the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all in the world that is of the lusts of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father,[…]
VBS 2014: It All Comes Back to Jesus
Zion’s Outpost’s 2014 Vacation Boomerang School It All Comes Back to Jesus The Boomerang Express departs on its great adventure the week of… July 28 – August 1, 2014 6:00 -8:30 pm No matter where you go, or what you do, The most important thing in life is that you choose to live for Jesus.[…]
Why be baptized
Before ascending into heaven, Jesus Christ gave the following instructions to His disciples. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy[…]
Why be holy
Why be holy… (audio link) Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. (Psalm 73:24) In a brief summary statement in the concluding chapter of the Bible we are told what will become of each of us after the final judgment: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still;[…]
