Alexander Campbell, a prominent gospel preacher of the 19th century American Restoration traveled widely and often in his work. Well known as an orator, Campbell would frequently hold public debates with denominational leaders and was highly respected as a “revival” or “gospel meeting” speaker. Many congregations of today can trace their planting to brother Campbell’s preaching tours.
From his home base in Bethany, Virginia (now WVA), Campbell once departed for the Deep South. He preached through Tennessee and Georgia. He preached in Mobile, Alabama. He preached in Montgomery. He preached through Mississippi, and finally he reached the city of New Orleans.
It is recorded that Alexander Campbell preached …
Filed under: Gregg Alexander on December 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
The following is a chart which shows several ways in which Job is a type of Christ. The one who designed the chart is unknown. A type is simply a shadow of that which is the real and the perfect (Hebrews10:1). The attributes of Job in the Old Testament merely point to the perfect and complete attributes of Christ in the NewTestament. Here is a link to a pdf file of the chart – job-a-type-of-christ. Below the chart are listed the crossword puzzles for Job chapters 37-39.
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on December 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I recently made an unscheduled stop by a new client’s office to make sure that the project we were about to wrap up was in good order. Since it was an off-the-cuff stop, I really wasn’t prepared to actually do anything except make it look good that I stopped by. I didn’t have any tools with me; my laptop, thumb drive or even my Leatherman “just in case do it all” knife.
Wouldn’t you know it? There were some things that they needed that would have earned me some billable time, but I wasn’t prepared. This wasn’t even related to …
Filed under: Butch Adams, Devotional on December 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
1. Be Forgiving of Those Who Do Not Have Your Best Interest in Mind – Luke 23:34.
2. Look beyond Your Own Struggles to Help Others Who Experience Similar Problems – Luke 23:39-43.
3. Remember Your Family – John 19:26-27.
4. Give All Your Difficult “Why” Questions unto God – Matthew 27:46.
5. Don’t Be too Proud to Let Others Know of Your Weaknesses and Your Needs - John 19:28
6. Be Assured That There is Great Value and Purpose in What You Might Be Going Through – Notice the eternal significance Jesus recognized …
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on December 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
My mother recently gave me and my family a treadmill to use. Since we have acquired and moved this machine into my and Ruth’s bedroom, Ruth, the children, and I have been taking turns walking and running on it every day. It is amazing what a difference that exercise can make on our physical bodies. One might ask “how can we exercise our spiritual selves?” Let us look to the Bible for the answer to this question.
Paul wrote in I Timothy 4:8, “For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all …
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on December 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
