Read 1 Samuel 9 – 11 And the asses of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, take now one …

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said …

Read 1 Samuel 5 – 8 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the lord, and fasted on …

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. I Samuel 3:19 KJV If …

Read 1 Samuel 1 – 4 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: Therefore …

And he said, who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a …

Read Ruth 1 – 4 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, …

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Judges 21:25 KJV This is …

Read Judges 19 – 21 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and …

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for …

Read Judges 17 – 18 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. …

And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and …

Read Judges 13 – 16 And Manoah said unto his wife, we shall surely die, because we have seen God. Judges 13:22 KJV Judges 13 …

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, Then it …

Read Judges 10 – 12 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was a son of an harlot: and Gilead …

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the …

Read Judges 8 – 9 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s …

Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon …

Read Judges 5 – 7 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto …

And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies …

Read Judges 1 – 4 And also all that generation was gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not …

Choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or …

Read Joshua 23 – 24 Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before …

Read Joshua 20 – 22 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came …

Giveo ut from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and …

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How …

And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am …

Read Joshua 15 – 17 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites …

Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and …

Read Joshua 12 – 14 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, thou art old and stricken in …

Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in …

Read Joshua 9 – 11 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very …

And the Lord said unto Joshua, fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to …

Read Joshua 7 – 8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? Israel hath sinned. Joshua …

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the …

Read Joshua 5 – 6 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, …

And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the …

Read Joshua 1 – 4 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, …

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is …

The flowers were in full bloom in Northwest Arkansas for the spring meeting of the Ozark Association of Regular Baptist Churches.

Read Deuteronomy 30 – 34 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, …

The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that …

Read Deuteronomy 27 – 29 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to …

Regular Baptist Builders Club is blessed to come alongside First Baptist Church of Niles, Ohio, in the church’s renovation project.

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Deuteronomy 25:4 KJV To muzzle is to restrain; a device is placed over …

Read Deuteronomy 24 – 26 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged …

Because they met you not with bread and water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee …

Faith Baptist Church is a big ministry confined to a small space. Seeing a need to renovate its building, the church reached out to Regular Baptist Builders Club and submitted an application for funding.

Read Deuteronomy 21 – 23 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in …

The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye …

Read Deuteronomy 17 – 20 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the …

For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above …

Read Deuteronomy 13 – 16 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And …

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your …

Read Deuteronomy 10 – 12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to …

Read Deuteronomy 9: 7-29 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou …

Read Deuteronomy 7 – 9 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, …

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, …

Read Deuteronomy 4 – 6 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, …

I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But the LORD was …

Read Deuteronomy 1 – 3 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 1:32 KJV The book of Deuteronomy is …

And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, the tribe of Joseph hath said well. Numbers 36:5 KJV …

Read Numbers 35 – 36 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which …

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, command the children of Israel, and say unto them, when ye come into the land of Canaan; (this …

Read Numbers 33 – 34 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to …

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us …

Read Numbers 31 – 32 And Moses said unto them, have you saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through …

If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his …

Read Numbers 29 – 30 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile …

And thou shalt say unto them, this is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first …

Read Numbers 27 – 28 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a …

Read Numbers 26:51-65 For the Lord had said of them, they shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of …

Read Numbers 24 – 26 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to …

Read Numbers 23:7-20 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and …

Read Numbers 21 – 23 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die …

Read Numbers 20:1-13 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we …

Read Numbers 16: 41-50 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among …

Read Numbers 16 – 17 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of …

Read Numbers 14:26-35 Say unto them, ‘As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to …

Read Numbers 12:1-15 A commonly used word in the Old Testament is murmur; it is to create a low volume noise, or guarded expression of …

What does the 21st Century Cures Act mean for the staff of your church?

Read Numbers 11 – 12 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and …

Read Numbers 10:33-36 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; …

Read Numbers 9 – 10 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: …

Read Numbers 8:21-26 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more. Numbers 8:25 …

Read Numbers 7 – 8 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice …

Severe weather and several tornadoes were reported in parts of Illinois and Missouri Feb. 28. Today the disaster relief team is calling churches to evaluate the severity of any damages.

Read Numbers 6:22-27 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD …

Read Numbers 5 – 6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man …

Read Numbers 3:1-4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and …

Read Numbers 3 – 4 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the …

Read Numbers 1:47-54 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children …

Two years have passed since a flood swept through the basement of Tabernacle Baptist Church, causing extensive damage.

Read Numbers 1 – 2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of …

Read Leviticus 26:1-12 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any …

Read Leviticus 25 – 27 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it …

Read Leviticus 24:10-23 Breach for breach, eye for eye, and tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it …

Read Leviticus 23 – 24 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy …

Read Leviticus 22:17-25 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any …

Read Leviticus 20 – 22 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 20:7 KJV Chapter 20 names …

Read Leviticus 19:33-34 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you …

Read Leviticus 17 – 19 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to …

Many churches have a benevolence fund. What a blessing such a fund can be, but it can also be divisive. It is important for every church to have a policy that clearly defines the purpose of benevolence in a way that matches the church’s mission and purpose.

Read Leviticus 16 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, …

Read Leviticus 15 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my …

Read Leviticus 14:1-20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make atonement for …

Read Leviticus 13 – 14 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put …

Read Leviticus 11:39-47 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye …

Read Leviticus 10 – 12 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put …

I typically receive two questions from pastors at tax time: Who can I use to prepare my taxes? Who understands ministers’ taxes? If you are a pastor, here are a few tips for finding the right tax professional.

Read Leviticus 8 – 9 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the …

Read Leviticus 8 – 9 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him to sanctify him. Leviticus 8:12 KJV Here, Aaron …

Read Leviticus 5:15-19  If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for …

Read Leviticus 5 – 7 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any …

Read Leviticus 3: 1-17  And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a …

Read Leviticus 1 – 4 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer …

Read Exodus 40:33-38 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Exodus 40:34 KJV What …

Read Exodus 38 – 40 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, …

Read Exodus 36 – 37 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which …

Read Exodus 33 – 35 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let …

Read Exodus 30 – 32 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which …

Read Exodus 28 – 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when …

Severe weather recently moved through the Southeast for two days, causing widespread damage.

Read Exodus 26 – 27 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount. Exodus 25:40 KJV    …

Read Exodus 23 – 25 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with …

Read Exodus 20 – 22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let …

Read Exodus 17 – 19 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, …

Read Exodus 14 – 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between …

Read Exodus 11 – 13 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of …

Read Exodus 8 – 10 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. Exodus …

Read Exodus 5 – 7 And Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the …

Read Exodus 1 – 4 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth …

Read Genesis 48 – 50 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as …

Read Genesis 45 – 47 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before …

Read Genesis 43 – 44 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, …

Read Genesis 41 – 42 Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day. Genesis 41:9 KJV Two years …

Read Genesis 38 – 40 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper …

Read Genesis 36 – 37 Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and …

Read Genesis 34 – 35 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God …

The board of directors considered three churches’ applications for grants or interest-free loans Nov. 16. All three were approved!

Three applications have been submitted to Regular Baptist Builders Club for review in the board of administrators’ upcoming meeting.

A focus on missions and a bilingual worship service were the highlights of an annual dinner at Grace Baptist Church, Washington, Indiana.

Hurricane Matthew is a reminder of how everyone needs to be ready to Pray, Give, or Go!

Regular Baptist Builders Club Director Michael Nolan is making final preparations for the ministry’s Disaster Relief team to head south in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

In anticipation of Hurricane Matthew, the Disaster Relief ministry of Regular Baptist Builders Club is standing by ready to help.

Throughout the Bible the Lord reminds people to tell all generations of the wonderful things He has done. Part of that is preserving the memory …

GARBC churches in northern Iowa experienced flooding over the past few days, and some portions of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have been evacuated.

With the close of both the Republican and Democratic national conventions, the presidential campaigns will quickly shift to full-blown. Soon to follow will be more …

On March 14, an arson fire engulfed Berean Independent Baptist Church. Today only a concrete footprint remains where the building once stood.

After flooding damaged a church and parsonage in Clendenin, West Virginia, teams are being formed that will help this sister church rebuild.

The GARBC Annual Conference in Oswego, Illinois, was a wonderful time for pastors and their wives to get their batteries recharged. Throughout the week, attendees …

Regular Baptist Builders Club hosted Thursday’s luncheon at the GARBC Conference. A little over 100 attendees gathered to enjoy the noon meal of chicken and steak fajitas and to hear updates about the ministry.

The waters have receded, and the damages of the flood that filled the basement of Calvary Independent Baptist Church in Clendenin, West Virginia, with six feet of water are evident.

Days of intense rain have caused major flooding in West Virginia, affecting Calvary Independent Baptist Church and its parsonage.

Join Regular Baptist Builders Club for lunch at the GARBC Conference on June 30 in Oswego, Illinois.

The Regular Baptist Builders Club board of administrators, along with Director Michael Nolan, met in April to discuss the needs of four churches that submitted …

And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall …

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind …

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that …

And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little …

He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, …

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that …

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations …

And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: …

The Regular Baptist Builders Club board of administrators and director will meet to review applications from four GARBC churches on April 20. The grants and …

And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, …

And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, Divide the living child in …

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 1 Kings 3:5 KJV …

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. For …

And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he …

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O …

And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more …

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. 2 Samuel 12: 7 KJV The prophet Nathan had just told David a story about a …

Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, …

And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen …

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of …

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his …

Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privately. And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he …

And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 1 Samuel 23:16 KJV David was on …

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul …

It is unfortunate when a gospel-preaching church shuts its doors, but God can still be honored even through a church’s closure.

The fire that tore through Berean Independent Baptist Church, Fort Ashby, West Virginia, on March 16, deeming the building a total loss, has been proven to …

Berean Independent Baptist Church in Fort Ashby, West Virginia, caught fire sometime in the early morning hours on March 16.

On Feb. 24 and 25 a wave of severe weather stretched from the South all the way to the Northeast coast. No GARBC churches were …

Severe weather swept from the South to the East Coast Feb. 23 and 24. The Regular Baptist Builders Club team will be busy today making calls to GARBC churches in the affected areas.

Read Exodus 5:22 – 6:8 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? Why is it …

Read Exodus 5 – 7 And Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the …

Read Exodus 3:1-15 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and …

Read Exodus 3:1-15 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and …

Read Exodus 1 – 4 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth …

Read Genesis 50:15-20 And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us …

Read Genesis 48 – 50 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as …

Read Genesis 46:1-4 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said Here am I.” Genesis …

Many churches now accept credit and debit cards for offerings and special gifts (e.g., donating to speakers, missionaries, and missions trips). From time to time, churches ask how they should to handle these transactions and how much it costs.

Read Genesis 45 – 47 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before …

Read Genesis 43: 26 – 31 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and …

Read Genesis 43 – 44 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, …

Read Genesis 41: 1 – 46 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom …

Read Genesis 41 – 42 Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day. Genesis 41:9 KJV Two years …

Read Genesis 39: 20 – 23 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the …

Read Genesis 38 – 40 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law …

Read Genesis 37: 1 – 18 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and …

The water pollution problem that is at the forefront of news media is no surprise to GARBC churches in Flint, Michigan. Pastor Cory Snyder of …

Read Genesis 36 – 37 Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and …

Read Genesis 35: 1 – 15 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, put away the strange gods that …

Read Genesis 34 – 35 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God …

Read Genesis 32: 3 – 12 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which sadist …

Read Genesis 32 – 33 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Genesis 32:24 …

For many churches, the end of the calendar year also marks the end of the fiscal year. As many churches and ministries consider fiscal year responsibilities, I thought it timely to give a few suggestions.

Read Genesis 30: 25 – 34 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I …

Read Genesis 29 – 31 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. Genesis …

Read Genesis 28:10-22 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold …

Read Genesis 26 – 28 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for …

Read Genesis 24:1-15 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness …

Read Genesis 24 – 25 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and …

Read Genesis 20:1-18 And Abraham said, because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my …

The IRS announced the new standard mileage rates for 2016 in the release IR-2015-137.

Read Genesis 21 – 23 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. Genesis 21:6 KJV When …

Tax deadlines are approaching. You know what I usually hear from pastors at this time of year? Who can I use to handle my taxes? Who understands ministers’ taxes?

Read Genesis 18:16-33 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: …

Read Genesis 17 – 20 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand; and upon the hand of his wife, and upon …

Read Genesis 17 – 20 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand; and upon the hand of his wife, and upon …

Read Genesis 16:6-14 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call …

Read Genesis 13 – 16 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy …

Read Genesis 12:1-8 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar …

Read Genesis 10 – 12 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: …

Read Genesis 8:13-22 And Noah built an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt …

Read Genesis 6 – 9 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven, were …

Read Genesis 4:1-7 I have heard people say it doesn’t matter how we pray as long as we pray. But scripture does not concur with …

Read Genesis 4 – 5 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Genesis 5:24 KJV Of all the people …

Read Genesis 3: 8 – 24 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. …

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1 KJV Whenever I read this first verse of the Bible, I am reminded …

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness …

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. …

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest …

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the …

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather …

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV This …

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our …

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that …

On Nov. 18, the Baptist Builders Club board of directors met to prayerfully consider and discuss four church applications—one church plant in the Start Up category and three existing churches in the Build Up category.

Church planters face enormous demands as they try to juggle family responsibilities, ministry, and often school and part-time jobs. How can they live sustainable lives?

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no …

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. …

What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye …

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith …

And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer …

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which …

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and …

And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is …

The Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches met for its annual conference Oct. 19–21, and Michael Nolan, director of Baptist Builders Club, was on hand …

And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that …

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send …

For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that …

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of …

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 KJV Imagine, of all …

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. Luke 1:38 KJV Mary, a young virgin, living …

And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the …

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest …

And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. …

And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at …

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Mark …

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do …

But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. Mark 3:29 KJV This statement is referred …

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. Mark 1:35 …

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them …

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: …

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that …

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of …

When Pastor Daniel Hartwig of Calvary Baptist Church, Dysart, Iowa, attended the GARBC Annual Conference in Omaha this past June, he met someone who already …

Recent flooding in Columbia, South Carolina, prompted a well-check call to the GARBC church in the area. Baptist Builders Club contacted Foundation Baptist Church in …

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of …

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his …

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall …

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do …

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 KJV Most people enjoy receiving invitations of one …

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy …

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father …

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying… Matthew 1:22 KJV The aim of …

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the …

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And …

And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And …

Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; …

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his …

Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my …

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Nahum 1:7 KJV Romans 11:22 refers …

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler …

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going …

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, …

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst …

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of …

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain …

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Daniel …

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to …

Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was …

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine …

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he …

It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. Ezekiel 48:35 KJV The final chapter of …

Baptist Builders Club Director Michael Nolan was invited to join Continental Baptist Missions church planters and their families for a few days at their family …

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Ezekiel 37:3 KJV This is …

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart …

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, …

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn …

But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take …

Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. Ezekiel 28:15 KJV Some would have us …

And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that …

Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctifies …

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? Saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? Ezekiel …

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 14:14 …

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face: should I …

The Baptist Builders Club application deadline is coming up. Applications for assistance with church planting and building projects will be accepted until midnight on Sept. …

And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. And the anger …

So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also …

So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried …

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might …

Adam, Sheth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, …

So Judah was carried away out of their land. 2 Kings 25:21b KJV These words summarize the downfall, destruction, and deportation of Judah in the …

The Disaster Relief ministry was in the forefront of everyone’s mind at the GARBC Annual Conference that took place June 29—July 3 in Omaha. Many wanted to learn more about the ministry and were particularly concerned for the recovery efforts of First Baptist Church in Portland, Michigan.

Help is needed now in Portland, Michigan! A tornado touched down Monday, June 22, a little after 3 p.m. Central Standard Time.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor! Job 16:21 KJV Have you ever wished you …

If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job 14:14 KJV …

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any …