SIGNIFICANT NEWS & CHANGES

by Dennis Rokser Warmest greetings in the Lord. A lot has transpired since the last GFJ. First, we had an outstanding 2021 Fall Bible Conference with excellent expository teaching & encouraging fellowship. Thank you, Lord! Secondly, last October Tom Stegall’s life was graciously spared by God from Covid after being in the ICU on a ventilator for 18 days, followed by several weeks of recovery. He is basically now at full strength & we are so glad that God didn’t [...]

2022-08-03T16:29:56+00:00August 3rd, 2022|

ENCOURAGEMENTS FOR THOSE IN PULPIT & PEW, Pt. 1

by Dennis Rokser I believe that most pastors, like parents, feel deeply underappreciated by those whom they faithfully and sacrificially serve. And similar to parents who serve sacrificially their children for years with little thanks in return, you would have quit long ago if it depended upon the gratitude of others. Unfortunately, many are leaving the ministry each month due to discouragement, especially during the last two years, which I think personally have been the most difficult and challenging over [...]

2022-08-03T16:41:07+00:00August 3rd, 2022|

THE HEART OF ROMANS

by Miles J. Stanford “Yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead” (Rom. 6:13) Deliverance from the reign of sin, and liberty in the life of Christ, are set forth as a doctrinal unit in Romans Six, Seven and Eight. This area of truth has but one key—the Cross. This is the great master key to spiritual life and liberty. When we begin to comprehend Romans Six, we know that our death in Christ unto sin [...]

2022-08-03T16:45:00+00:00August 3rd, 2022|

SALVATION BY RICOCHET

by Randy Zempel It seemed my words, like bullets, were ricocheting off the walls before I even knew what was happening. It seemed no matter what I said, they just kept coming back at me. The story takes place one normal, uneventful day (so I thought) until I walked into that hospital room for a visit. I asked the first patient nearest the door to my left, “Hello, are you Bob?” The man lying in bed said, “Yes.” I looked [...]

2022-08-03T17:07:36+00:00August 3rd, 2022|

GOD’S MULTIFACETED EVALUATION OF YOU

I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am. —John Newton We live in a day of tremendous confusion regarding humanity’s definition and description of itself, including the spiritual realm. Thank God that a return to the Word of God is a return to [...]

2022-08-03T16:50:53+00:00August 3rd, 2022|

THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD VS. EVIL SERVANT (Matthew 24:45-51)

by Tom Eckman 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. 47 Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, “My master is delaying his coming,” 49 and begins to beat his [...]

2022-08-03T17:06:57+00:00August 3rd, 2022|

2022 FALL BIBLE EXPOSITION CONFERENCE

We want to warmly invite you to join us at our annual Fall Bible Exposition Conference at Duluth Bible Church. The dates are October 5‒9, 2022. As with previous years, our conference will be in two parts, with a Pastors, Missionaries, & Church Leaders portion October 5‒6, followed by an All Believers portion October 6‒9. The topic of the All Believers portion will be on the Christian Life by God’s Grace with verse-by-verse Bible exposition of Romans 6‒8, while the [...]

2022-08-03T17:17:23+00:00August 3rd, 2022|

GOD LIFTS A CRUSHED SPIRIT

Anonymous Everyone has an inner vault, a place that securely holds our secrets. As I prayerfully considered my topic for this essay, God impressed upon me to unlock my vault and share a piece from inside that I’d kept hidden for many years. The point in sharing isn’t about the item itself but about how God worked with it in my life. “Don’t tell,” she often quietly hissed as my 8-year-old body ached where the purple marks would soon erupt [...]

2022-08-03T17:59:06+00:00August 3rd, 2022|

NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED

                                by E. J. Pace   For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously.   1 Peter 2:21-23

2022-08-03T18:03:30+00:00August 3rd, 2022|

GRACE AND GODLINESS

by J. F. Strombeck 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for [...]

2022-08-03T18:03:42+00:00August 3rd, 2022|