My name is Ken Nichols. I pastor a local church in Georgia, and I want to see God glorified among the nations. I have been given the tremendous opportunity to travel to South Asia in January, 2012 for the privilege of teaching and training pastors and leadership of a burgeoning Church Planting Movement among Hindu … Continue reading
Do you have a problem with letting God lead? Do you contend with God for supremacy? Do you find yourself getting in the way?
It’s Thursday evening and I’m waiting for a counseling appointment to show up. I thought I’d pass along some articles I encountered the past few days. They are here because I found them interesting, and/or very helpful. I hope you will, too! Enjoy! Saturating Your Children With God’s Word – Aaron Menikoff posted this helpful … Continue reading
Some articles I encountered this week. They are here because I found them interesting, and/or very helpful. Enjoy! JESUS LOVES ME, THIS I KNOW Jim Elliff, always a good read, reminds us the depth of God’s love in this touching post on the CCW website. On Covenantal Church Membership Nathan Finn writes an informative and … Continue reading
As part of my research for a sermon on Ruth 3, I wrote this brief excursus to help understand Boaz’ risky acceptance of Ruth. God was at work before Boaz was even born to prepare Boaz for the Moabitess who was to come, and through whom the line of David, and of Jesus, would come.
Recently I had a very mini-retreat in Duluth, GA. I was reading through the book of Hebrews in a Holiday Inn and was hit with a verse I had read many times before. Readers (both of you) are probably familiar with it as well, it says that by faith Moses “considered the reproach of Christ … Continue reading
I was reading through today’s reading from a devotional help on family worship and was reminded once again of the brokenness of our present culture. I am talking about the injurious nature of discussion and comments about others, particularly about other Christians.
It is obvious the great and enduring passion of our Convention is International Missions, and it should be. At the same time, no one I know wants to abandon North America in order to reach the nations, and that too is as it should be.
Joshua 9 contains an interesting story of intrigue and deception. God’s people failed to consult God and entered into a forbidden treaty with a Canaanite nation.