Bethany Christian Services Co-Founder Marguerite Bonnema, 100, Called Home to Glory
Organization’s last living co-founder achieved dream of caring for children in crisis
Bethany is serving tens of thousands of children and families each year through providing critical training and support to developing countries, such as China, Ethiopia, and Haiti, in creating sustainable child welfare services. Such efforts are vital in combating the global orphan crisis, including more than 153 million children around the world. GRAND RAPIDS,... Continue Reading
32 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Spurgeon
January 31, 2013 was 121 years since the great preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon passed away
January 31, 2013 it will have been 121 years since the great preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon passed away. In memory of him I bring to you 32 things you might not know about Charles Spurgeon. 1. One woman was converted through reading a single page of one of Spurgeon’s sermons wrapped around some butter she... Continue Reading
To the Big Stage, the Long Way: From Belhaven to the Super Bowl
Tramaine Brock is the first student from Belhaven to play in the N.F.L.
Standing on the Superdome field Tuesday, Brock said he never doubted he would be able to make the N.F.L. from Belhaven. He ultimately was not drafted but signed with the 49ers before the 2010 season. After bouncing back and forth from on the team to released to the practice squad to the active squad, Brock... Continue Reading
Five Reasons Leaders Finish Poorly
What does it take to finish well so a good legacy continues?
After our meeting concluded, I continued to ponder the situation even more. Why do some leaders end so well – Calvin Miller, Jack Hayford, Bob Russell, Roy Fish, and so many more – while others go out not in a blaze of glory, but in a blaze of gory? They finish poorly and leave a mess in... Continue Reading
The Flying Scotsman: Lessons from the Life of Eric Lidell
The word “example” has fallen on rough times in some quarters of the evangelical church
But, it is not just to biblical characters that we can look as examples (positively or negatively). We can also look at the lives of the saints throughout modern history and be inspired, encouraged, and motivated by their faithfulness. One particular example of such a saint is the Scottish Olympic sprinter, Eric Liddell (1902-1945). ... Continue Reading
Is Mark Driscoll Racist?
We should be careful when accusing someone of being racist
What bothers me, however, is the rally cry in Greenidge’s article that I’ve heard and read in other places, particularly during the presidential election. There were times when a white person would disagree with some aspect of President Obama’s policies, and the label that was almost immediately thrown at that person, by some African-Americans, was... Continue Reading
PCA Teaching Elder Richard Allen Bodey Called Home to Glory
Dr. Richard Allen Bodey, 82, died on January 26, 2013, in Fredericksburg, Va.
The preaching professor in seminary who assigned the Only One Sermon book was Richard Allen Bodey. Mr. Bodey was the Bear Bryant of the faculty. He would have been that on any faculty fortunate enough to have him. He was that good a teacher—and that scary. Students who made it through Dick Bodey’s classes were the theological... Continue Reading
Carolyn Garris, PCA Pastor’s Wife, Dies from a Pulmonary Embolism
Carolyn was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a loving wife and mother
On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, Carolyn Garris, 39, died from a pulmonary embolism. She did have a stomach virus which led to her becoming dehydrated and was taken to the hospital where she died shortly afterwards. Carolyn’s husband, Jody Garris, had been called as Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Conway, S.C., and was... Continue Reading
Five Dead; Teen Accused in Killing Spree
The father was a former member of the pastoral staff at Calvary Chapel in Albuquerque
But Nehemiah called a friend first, who talked him into meeting at Calvary church, where Nehemiah’s father had been a pastor. It was apparently a Calvary church security officer who contacted 911 about the slayings at the Griego home late Saturday…. The couple had 10 children, but only the three youngest and Nehemiah were at... Continue Reading
Dr. Frank A. James, III Named Biblical Seminary‘s 4th President
President-elect James will assume full responsibilities of the position on July 1, 2013
Dr. James comes to Biblical after serving as provost and professor of Historical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. He also served as the third President of Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando (2004-2009). Dr. James has a DPhil in History from Oxford University and a PhD in Theology from Westminster Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania. ... Continue Reading
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