By Dr. Donald Whitchard If you have not read the first three installments of this series, you can find them here: God’s Suffering Servant: A Look at Isaiah 53 God’s Suffering Servant, Part 2: The Sin-Bearing Servant God’s Suffering Servant,… Read More ›
Mark 4:35-40: “And He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Hush now! Be still’…and there was immediately a great calm—a perfect peacefulness.” (Amplified Bible) Mark recounts a gripping incident entailing a perfect storm that resulted in… Read More ›
God’s Suffering Servant: A Look at Isaiah 53 God’s Suffering Servant, Part 2: The Sin-Bearing Servant By Dr. Donald Whitchard In our last edition, I presented an expository outline of Isaiah 52: 13 -15 concerning the Messiah as… Read More ›
By Dr. Donald Whitchard If you have not read part one, you can find it here: God’s Suffering Servant: A Look at Isaiah 53 It has been some time since I last ventured into examining the prophecy of Isaiah… Read More ›
If you ever have a question about what it means to be so totally confident in trusting God that you can just assume He is taking care of everything I have an idea. Pull up a chair, sit down, kick… Read More ›
By Dr. Donald Whitchard Part 1 There’s no doubt that the study of prophecy is exciting, especially with all of the current events that are unfolding before us. The news of the day is fitting in with what was… Read More ›
By Rob Pue Those of you who know me, know that I have a deep concern for the cultural, social and moral issues of our day. The depths of depravity that our nation and world have fallen to, the likes of which… Read More ›
By C.J. Monday’s With Julia and CJ While we studied 1 Corinthians 10 for last weeks post we discovered this chapter had a wealth of valuable information and doctrine. Including the history of the Istaelites Exodus. This week we found… Read More ›
By Dr. Donald Whitchard One of the questions that are asked by an atheist, agnostic, or general skeptic is one that tends to put some Christians off track and leave themselves wondering, “If there is a God, why is there… Read More ›
By Dr. Donald Whitchard If there is one absolute dominant teaching going on in society today, is that people believe that there are no absolutes in the world. Truth is what you believe it to be at the moment. What… Read More ›
By Dr. Donald Whitchard “Our churches suffer most seriously from the great numbers who drop out of our ranks and either go back to the world, or else must be pursuing a very secret and solitary path in their way… Read More ›
By Greg Holt This writer has recently been dealing with some people who are attempting to persuade me shall we say, that the doctrine of the Trinity is false. Another one is that Jesus is merely the son of God,… Read More ›
By Dr. Donald Witchard Psalm 27:1 – “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 34: 1, 8 – “I will… Read More ›
By C.J. I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST! The people who heard the Doctrine laid out by Christ were in Awe. Imagine their amazement as Christ taught them. The Pharisees tried to kill him many times labeling… Read More ›
By Dr. Donald Whitchard Isaiah 5: 20 – “Woe to them that call evil good and good evil; who put darkness for light and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter” I have lived… Read More ›
By Sue Cass The moon shines brightly in one part of the land and in another the sun is shining brightly on a beautiful summer day. In one part of the world the workers are in their fields and the… Read More ›
By Rob Pue Today’s children are growing up in a world that most of us parents cannot easily relate to. Its a world far removed from the ideals of Mayberry and Leave it to Beaver. Such television shows of yesteryear portrayed solid families,… Read More ›
I will inevitably misapply some technological terms in this post. I beg your indulgence. We used to be servers (in the technology sense). We had built in capacity. We had memory–both working memory and storage. Arguably, we used a fairly… Read More ›
By Rob Pue When my wife and I began having children, many years ago, we were advised by many people to TREASURE those times, because, as we were told, “they grow up so fast; before you know it, they will… Read More ›
By C.J. while we celebrate Pentecost, we must also marvel at Gods plan, each part of Christs life and ministry was to fulfill prophecy fortold in the Old Testament and Pentecost is no different. Even Christ spoke of Moses’ prophecy… Read More ›
There are many reasons why Christians should memorize Scripture. What first jumps into my mind is our desire to know the one we love. In worldly relationships, we want to spend all of our time with a newfound friend/love. We… Read More ›
If we ask someone today, most would say we are the best generation of all time. We are educated, confident and ready with the help of science and our new found enlightenment to take the whole kit and caboodle to… Read More ›
By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min. 3/28/18 What are Good Friday and Easter all about? In a sentence: Jesus was rejected that we might be accepted. When I was a child, I attended a parochial grade school where there was an in… Read More ›
by Rev. Austin Miles 2018 (Note to Readers: In the late 1990’s a church prepared to produce an Easter Program, with several chosen to play the parts of those who had been with Jesus during the Crucifixion as they reflected on… Read More ›
Editor’s Note: Once again we are publishing this Easter favorite. This wonderful article by Lyle has become a yearly favorite here at ICB. From all of us here at ICB, Happy Resurrection Day! Jesus Christ died. He died quivering… Read More ›
By Greg Holt Many would argue that if predestination and election are true, then man couldn’t possibly have free will. That is an untrue statement, but let me begin at the beginning. Predestination, what does that mean? Predestination means, that… Read More ›
By Greg Holt What is the one thing you think people need to know about God? Have you ever thought about this? How important do you think it is to know this one thing? I am going to say very… Read More ›
Wise words for the Church… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj7yUYXFv_M] GregGreg is a strong believer in Jesus Christ and in the need for revival in today’s Church. He likes reading, writing, music, and spending time with his family and his dog Roxie. By… Read More ›
By Greg Holt Do you say “I love you” to your spouse? Does your spouse say “I love you”, to you as well? It is nice to hear those words, nice to see the words “I love you” in action…. Read More ›
“Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak (Matthew 26:41, NAS).” “And those being in the flesh are not able to please God (Romans 8:8, NAS).” Now the… Read More ›