Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. .
Dear Fellow-NBBCers, Today, September 11, 2025, is the anniversary of the awful 9/11 atrocities 24 years ago that exposed the evil within radical Islam. We remember the thousands who died in those senseless attacks, and their families whose lives were forever changed. Popular media has numbed us to the presence of evil, but when it
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day… …above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the wicked one. Ephesians 6 For the wages of sin is death… Romans 6.23a The
Those following the Bible-reading calendar for this year are reading – or have just read – the Old Testament book of Esther. The story is fast-moving and captivating: Esther is a Jewish girl, born in Persia, where Jews are essentially second-class citizens. But in a stunning turn of events, she is elevated to a place
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all
Woe to unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws. They deprive the poor of justice and deny the rights of the needy… What will you do when I punish you, when I send disaster upon you from a distant land? To whom will you turn for help? Isaiah 10.1-3 Behold, the Judge is
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15.58 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Galatians 6.9 Christian,
In 1961, a representative of Decca Records was considering which of two singing groups to sign to a recording contract. He determined that, as he put it, “Groups with guitars are on their way out.” As a result, the recording company signed a contract with Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. The group they refused to
Among the best-loved Christmas carols today is O Come, All Ye Faithful. The original author, John Francis Wade, penned the opening line in Latin: “Adeste Fidelis, Laeti triumphantes,” which means something like “Be present, faithful, happy, triumphant ones.” A century later, an Anglican cleric, Frederick Oakeley translated it into English as “Ye Faithful, Approach Ye,”
Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man? Proverbs 20.6, NKJ It’s been a tough year. By my count, at least ten pastors in large churches in Texas – churches that generally fall under the category of “evangelical” – have lost their ministries due to public sin.
