Many people have a Thompson Chain Reference Bible; far fewer know how to use the many excellent resources found in this Bible. That is why I offer a workshop entitled "The Joy of Discovery: Using the Thompson Chain Reference Bible." This workshop is based upon the full three-day seminar that I teach to pastors and church leaders in English and French speaking Africa. It not only introduces the student to the many useful tools found in this amazing study Bible, but also covers

Today marks the two-year anniversary of one of the most brutal attacks on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. The unspeakable horrors...

And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. 1 Peter 5:4 I just returned a few days ago from the...

In the Christian life, what is God’s part and what is my part? Have you ever asked yourself that question? I have over the years.   On...

Ce sont les derniers mots du Psaume 22. Quatre mots exclamatifs empreints d'espoir pascal! (Je vous encourage à ouvrir votre Bible et à...

Those are the final words of Psalm 22. Four exclamatory words filled with Eastertide hope! (I encourage you to open your Bible and slowly...

It’s been said that God’s workers pass on, but God’s work carries on. That is certainly the case with the author of the study notes in...

Scene from my hotel room early one morning I've just returned from the East African country of Rwanda, Le Pays aux Mille Collines  (The...

Forgiveness is the purest expression of love and one of the most difficult forms of suffering. Author Peter Kreeft describes it as “the...

You wouldn’t know this, but I am, in my first draft, writing this by hand. Handwritten notes divulge something of personality or...

The following is an interview published by Jim Manley with Paraclete Mission Group on September 5, 2024. I recently had the pleasure of...

As I return to Senegal this week, I'll begin a walk down memory lane. My first visit to that country was in 2014 while I was still...

While it is evil that tortures human bodies, it is the problem of evil that torments the human mind.                                     ...

That is the theme of four messages from Ephesians 6:10-20 that I recently had the privilege of sharing at First Evangelical Church in Memphis, Tennessee. We live in chaotic times. Critical theories, woke philosophies, and progressive theologies invade the church from all sides. But Paul's words in this foundational passage on spiritual warfare give a clarion call to fight the right battles with he right resources. Evagrius of Pontus, an influential theologian of the fourth

Today, November 28, 2023, marks the 19th year since Jonathan, our oldest son, died at the young age of 22. Soon after his death, a dear...

Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 This month we will...

Those are the words Paul heard in his night vision of the "man of Macedonia" as recorded in Acts 16:9-10. The appeal was urgent and...

The Apostle Paul writes to his protégé in the faith, Timothy: “recalling your tears, I long to see you” (2 Timothy 1:4). Penned at the...

Everybody walks with a limp. Some may hide their limp better than others. Nevertheless, the limp is there. From cradle to casket, we...

When we lived in Belgium, I visited on several occasions the well-known site of Waterloo. June 18, 1815, was a momentous day for the...