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Advice to Parents of Wayward Children, Part 7
'The Way' from Kevin Pauley

  “…Because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate. - Luke 15:24 HCSB   The wise father knew that it was sinful, self-centered pride that led his son to ask for his inheritance early. He could have taken offense at being told…(continue reading article)

The Love of the Truth (35 of TBD)
'Today's Little Lift' from Jim Bullington

“And the multitudes marveled, saying, 'It was never seen like this in Israel!' But the Pharisees said, 'He [Jesus] casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.'” (Matthew 9.33-34). Matthew's obvious intent in some of his writings was to draw otherwise isolated facts into a summary form from…(continue reading article)

Your Personal Inheritance
'Inspiration For You' from Randy Mitchell

The word "inheritance" can mean so many different things. Most initially think about money, or material possessions after their parent(s) or close relatives die and pass their belongings along. However, it can also mean what religious, political, and socioeconomic status you…(continue reading article)

Additional Articles

•  EUSEBEIA* - 2013-05-12
•  'ôwbh - 2013-05-18
•  Idioms in the Bible - 2013-05-17
•  Is Gad Jacob's son, a troop, fortune or a pagan deity? - 2007-03-08
•  Bible and Quote May 6-10, 2013 - Bible verse and quote
•   When God Calls, How Will You Respond? - Point of Reference

Additional Articles

•  Whatever is Pure... - God's Words For US
•  Humdrum - Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life
•  He Who Has Ears - Winging It
•  Endurance - Word from Nairnshire
•  One Main Task Is To Be Light In The Darkness - Word from Scotland
•  The Law Of Grace - 'Christ in You...'

Additional Articles

•  Captivate Them All - Next Level Thinking
•  Dealing with difficult people - Refreshment in Refuge
Daily Refractions
Daily Wisdom
Proverbs 28:10 - He who leads the upright astray in an evil way Will himself fall into his own pit, But the blameless will inherit good.
Words to Ponder
Our concern with truth is an inevitable expression of our concern with God. If God exists, then he is the measure of all things, and what he thinks about all things is the measure of what we should think. Not to care about truth is not to care about God. To love God passionately is to love truth passionately. Being God-centered in life means being truth-driven in ministry. What is not true is not of God. What is false is anti-God. Indifference to the truth is indifference to the mind of God. Pretense is rebellion against reality, and what makes reality reality is God. Our concern with truth is simply an echo of our concern with God. - John Piper (b. 1947)
Daily Dose
Daily Devotionals  for  May 18

Daily Light on the Daily Path
Morning / Evening Devotional — May 18

As the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. Our Saviour Jesus Christ, ... hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. — I am the resurrection, and the life. — Because I live, ye shall live also. — We are made partakers of Christ. — Partakers of the… — (click here to read more)

Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook"
Losses Overcome

"And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten."   Joel 2:25 Yes, those wasted years over which we sigh shall be restored to us. God can give us such plentiful grace that we shall crowd into the remainder of our days as much of service as will be some recompense for those years of unregeneracy over which we mourn in humble penitence.… — (click here to read more)

Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening"
Morning and Evening for August 15

"Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide." - Genesis 24:63 Very admirable was his occupation. If those who spend so many hours in idle company, light reading, and useless pastimes, could learn wisdom, they would find more profitable society and more interesting engagements in meditation than…… — (click here to read more)

Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost for His Highest"
Signs Of The New Birth

The answer to the question "How can a man he born when he is old?" is - When he is old enough to die - to die right out to his "rag rights," to his virtues, to his religion, to everything, and to receive into himself the life which never was there before. The new life manifests itself in conscious repentance…… — (click here to read more)

Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life
Saying Good-bye

It's almost that time again. The same time that rolls around this time of the year every year. It's alomst time to say good-bye to this year. Yep, sure nuff, it's New Year's Eve. Time to say good-bye to all the mistakes of 2004 and hello to all the opportunities in 2005...to make the same mistakes. Time to say…… — (click here to read more)

'Every Day Light' with Selwyn Hughes
Moving toward maturity

We continue meditating on the right way to handle our negative feelings. We said yesterday that the two wrong ways to handle hurting emotions are to deny them or express them. Denial pushes them down inside us, while expression dumps them on to other people or things. Neither of these, in my view, is a Biblical way of dealing…… — (click here to read more)

"Today's Word" with Skip Moen
Woe

Woe - In Hebrew the word is oy. It is a word of intense pain and fear. It is a shout of despair that only God can heal. FEARS I feared rejectionSo I withdrewI could not find what lovers knewI feared my demonsI tried to hideAnd found them waiting there inside I feared my shameMy self exposedSo every…… — (click here to read more)

Christian Headlines  from  Baptist Press

Great Commission moment is now, IMB's Elliff tells trustees

International Mission Board President Tom Elliff and mission board trustees call Southern Baptists to a "substantive" heightening of their Great Commission commitment.

Page, Land letters oppose Scout proposal

Southern Baptist leaders Frank Page and Richard Land have written letters expressing strong opposition to a proposal that would leave in place the prohibition on homosexual Scout leaders but would allow youth who identify as gay to join.

IN-DEPTH: Will the Scouts withstand pressure?

The Boy Scouts did not choose to be on the front lines of a culture war, but atheist and homosexual groups brought the battle to it, with big financial repercussions. Next week, the Scouts either will keep their current policy on homosexuality or tweak it in a proposal that has satisfied neither side.

Another Gosnell? Texas doctor under scrutiny

Evidence provided by former workers at a Texas abortion clinic appears to support what pro-life advocates have been asserting – Kermit Gosnell is not alone.

Florist, told she must do gay wedding, sues

A florist who was told by the state of Washington she must provide her services for a gay wedding is countersuing the state, saying she has served gay customers her entire career and is concerned the state's position on gay weddings will harm religious freedom.

2nd VIEW: Groups: Block FCC from winking at indecency

Leaders of 80 state and national groups concerned with morality have endorsed a letter asking key Congressional committees to block the Federal Communications Commission from weakening the enforcement of the broadcast decency law.

CULTURE DIGEST: Student aid forms affected by marriage debate

The U.S. Department of Education has announced that student financial aid forms will begin using the terms "Parent 1" and "Parent 2" rather than the gender-specific terms "mother" and "father."

CALL TO PRAYER: Romans 1 & a nation's tipping point

Roger S. Oldham of the SBC Executive Committee reflects on a key passage of Scripture, Romans 1, and whether it reflects the decline of America's values.

FIRST-PERSON: Post-Gosnell, we need more accountability on abortion clinics

Columnist Barrett Duke says Americans shouldn't be surprised that a doctor who would kill a baby inside the womb would have no problem killing it outside the womb, too.

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In Philadelphia, the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions was established -- the first national organization of Baptists in the U.S. It was later called the Triennial Convention because it met every three years.
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