by The Art of Worship | Mar 1, 2024 | Jon Speed
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, our hope, to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 1 Timothy 1:1-2 If there has ever...
by The Art of Worship | Feb 14, 2024 | Jon Speed
“Only God omniscient can accurately appraise the results of evangelism. Only He can count converts.” R.B. Kuiper My wife and I went out one night to a bar district in Dallas, Texas, to have some good chicken wings and afterward do some evangelism....
by The Art of Worship | Dec 1, 2023 | Jon Speed
“Many pastors refused to help in the name of their own ‘safety,’ which was infuriating as tiny lives were on the line. I know of one baby who is dead because a pastor would not meet with the woman. The abortionist was more than willing to meet with her. Now...
by The Art of Worship | Nov 6, 2023 | Jon Speed
“[S]o that the man of God may be equipped, having been thoroughly equipped for every good work” 2 Timothy 3:17 (LSB) Every so often some enterprising publisher and even more imaginative author or editor comes up with a title promising some new revelation in the...
by The Art of Worship | Oct 11, 2023 | Jon Speed
“[Offenses] ought to be pardoned, for few offend willingly, but only as led by some excitement.” Hegesippus (Circa 300 B.C.) “[Offenses] ought to be pardoned, for few offend willingly, but only as led by some excitement.” So says Hegesippus, the Greek comic...
by The Art of Worship | Sep 6, 2023 | Jon Speed
“Woe to those who enact evil statutes and to those who constantly record mischief, so as to turn the poor away from their cause and rob the afflicted of My people of their justice, so that widows may be their spoil and that they may plunder the orphans....