Opportunity

Israel’s Final Judge

The repeated apostasy of Israel leads up to a time of oppression by the Philistines. The Philistines were probably the worst enemies that Israel had ever had. This time their oppression lasted for 40 years (v. 1). During this time, we come to one of the most outstanding of the judges and his name …

Be Faithful and Leave the Results to God

In looking through various commentaries we find many different interpretations of this passage. Probably when Peter wrote this section of his letter he had no idea it would be classified as one of the most difficult portions of the Word of God. Some think the phrase& …

IllustrationSong – Marvelous grace of our loving Lord

Marvelous grace of our loving God, Grace that exceeds our sin and our shame.

IllustrationSirhan Sirhan – We Missed Him

We missed him. Our chance to change things came and passed and we did not know it was there. A dark-skinned little boy sat through Sunday School classes for three years at a great Baptist Church (First Church, San Antonio) but someone missed him. His name was Si …