by Jim Baumgaertel | Aug 4, 2006 | Gospel for West Africa, Out of the Depths - The Mystery of Suffering, Steve Phillips
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT, JOB? [Job 1:8] God Himself provoked the inquiry. It was the Lord who raised the question. Consider this man. Come, look well, friend or foe alike, or even Satan himself. Consider Job. Search him thoroughly. Examine him to his...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 29, 2006 | Are We Like Christ?, Gospel for West Africa, Steve Phillips, THE STORM BREAKS - Chapter 4
Nero was the first to unleash the fury of imperial Rome against the saints. He was an almost indescribably wicked and perverted man. At night he would disguise himself as a common man and roam the streets of Rome with other rogues, raping women and murdering young...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 20, 2006 | Gospel for West Africa, Steve Phillips, The Lamp
Man, by nature, hates the cross. Interwoven into every fiber of his being is the continuous thread of self-preservation. This is what occupies his waking existence from the cradle to the grave; seeking the soft, the simple, and the sweatless. We coddle, adorn, and...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 15, 2006 | Gospel for West Africa, Out of the Depths - The Mystery of Suffering, Steve Phillips
FROM EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN YOU MAY FREELY EAT, BUT [Gen.2:16, 17] Unmolested freshness graced every bud and blade in Edens pristine splendor. Thorns and thistles, grime and sweat were things yet unknown. All was bliss for all was very good [Gen.1:31]. Every tree...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 5, 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   Shrines of the Church             Custodians of the shrines are held in reverence and are sought as having access to spiritual powers that the...
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...
