The Former Things Have Passed Away

The Former Things Have Passed Away

“Say not, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is not from wisdom that you ask this” (Eccl. 7:10, ESV). Are your best times behind you? If so, you’re not a Christian. Nostalgia is “a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some...
Keep Your Eyes Set

Keep Your Eyes Set

Disease. Crime. Poverty. Corruption. Bloodshed. Prostitution. Drugs. This was the condition of the world when Jesus came to the earth. How did the Lord deal with these problems? He didn’t eradicate sickness. He never promised to lift everyone out of poverty. His...
From the President

From the President

“And the beat goes on” the 1967 hit song proclaimed, and here in 2021 the beat goes on at TBC. The academic year is progressing and is now a little over halfway completed. At this writing the campus is being prepared for Renew 2021, our annual lectureship February...
There is Something Much Worse

There is Something Much Worse

“Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you” (John 5:14). He had been crippled for thirty-eight years. Unable to walk, this man depended on others to lift him and move him. There were no wheelchairs or motorized scooters in those days. There were no handicapped...
Ask for the Old Paths

Ask for the Old Paths

In Jeremiah Chapter 6, verse 16, the great Prophet, Jeremiah, is inspired by God to pen these words, “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But...