by Jim Baumgaertel | Jun 18, 2006 | Gospel for West Africa, Steve Phillips, West African Update
Dear Brethren, Only infrequently do we reflect upon the wondrous legacy transmitted to us via the Reformation of the sixteenth century. One such inestimable treasure is literacy, a blessing often taken for granted. Neither Reformation nor gospel work can thrive in...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jun 14, 2006 | Are We Like Christ?, Gospel for West Africa, THE STORM BREAKS - Chapter 4
While Christianity was viewed by Rome as a sect of the Jews, it did not draw their attention since Judaism had legal status in the empire. But as Christianity increasingly became separate from the synagogues and spread throughout the Roman world, it was recognized to...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jun 6, 2006 | Gospel for West Africa, Steve Phillips, The Lamp
The Lamp To cause the lamp to burn continually Before the lamp of God went out Ex.27:20 – I Sam.3:3 Called to What? “During three days of prayer and fasting, God gave birth to a ministry,� or so we are told. “Christ appeared to me while on prayer-mountain and...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 27, 2006 | Are We Like Christ?, Gospel for West Africa, SO SEND I YOU - Chapter 3, Steve Phillips
John was the last of the Apostles who made the final contributions to the NT revelation. His writings set forth Christ as the sufficiency for the church during the following centuries up until His return. In the history of God’s people, the time came when it was...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 24, 2006 | Gospel for West Africa, Steve Phillips, The Lamp
The Lamp To cause the lamp to burn continually Before the lamp of God went out Ex.27:20 – I Sam.3:3 Resurrection Christ is the Resurrection and the Life. There is no other remedy for the lifeless spiritual state that plagues every soul of man born into this world....
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 17, 2006 | Gospel for West Africa, Steve Phillips, The Lamp
The Lamp To cause the lamp to burn continually Before the lamp of God went out Ex.27:20 – I Sam.3:3 Stumbling Block of the Cross Man, by nature, hates the cross. Interwoven into every fiber of his being is the continuous thread of self-preservation. This is what...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 13, 2006 | Are We Like Christ?, Gospel for West Africa, SO SEND I YOU - Chapter 3, Steve Phillips
Jesus never traveled even up to 120 miles from His birthplace. Paul, in about ten years’ time, had established the church in four major regions of the Empire where there had been no churches before; in Galatia, Macedonia, Achaia, and Asia. Yet he too had not reached...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 4, 2006 | Are We Like Christ?, Gospel for West Africa, SO SEND I YOU - Chapter 3, Steve Phillips
As the Father has sent Me, so send I you [Jn.20:21] WHOM DOES GOD SEND? The work of the gospel is a work of transformation into the image of Christ. The Lord Jesus is the Pattern for both the one proclaiming and the one receiving the message of Life. Conformity to...
by Jim Baumgaertel | May 3, 2006 | Gospel for West Africa, Steve Phillips, The Lamp
The Lamp To cause the lamp to burn continually Before the lamp of God went out Ex.27:20 – I Sam.3:3 Grace and beauty are the divine design for the gentle and quiet dignity of women. Their godly decorum adorns the gospel in the parable they poetically portray. She,...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Apr 28, 2006 | Gospel for West Africa, Steve Phillips, The Lamp
THE LAMP TO CAUSE THE LAMP TO BURN CONTINUALLY BEFORE THE LAMP OF GOD WENT OUT Ex.27:20 – I Sam.3:3 IN THE GREAT HOUSE Within the Great House known as the church are to be discovered both vessels to honor and those to dishonor [2 Tim.2:20]; those who bring glory and...
