During this week, we had a surprise visit from brother Labroso, who is connected with the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Brother Labroso has married a daughter of brother Santiago Binaluga, one of the pillars of the church in the mountainous village of Pagang, Himamaylan, Negros Occidental.
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Eighteen preacher delegates from the churches of Ormoc (Leyte), Tayasan (Negros Oriental), Guindulman (Bohol), Tayud, Consolacion (Cebu), Toledo City (Cebu), Mandaue City (Cebu), Kabankalan (Negros Occidental) and others from Negros Oriental came for the weeklong Bible classes at the Philippine Institute of Biblical Studies in Pit-os.
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Yesterday, August 18 (Philippine time), preacher delegates from the churches of Ormoc (Leyte), Guindulman (Bohol), Tayud, Consolacion (Cebu), Toledo City (Cebu), and Mandaue City (Cebu) started arriving for the weeklong Bible classes at the Philippine Institute of Biblical Studies in Pit-os. More preachers are expected to arrive today.
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One of the many terms that generally describe God’s worker is the word “preacher.” This word is not only descriptive of the worker, but of the work that God expects of him. Our study here concerns about the etymology of the word, its classical use in the secular world, and in the Bible. Consider these words:
KERUSSO, “to announce, to make known, to proclaim (aloud)”
KERUGMA, “proclamation, announcement, preaching”
KERUX, “herald, announcer, preacher, messenger, proclaimer”
The words in the above group are derived from the noun kerux, frequent in the writings of Homer. Compare this also with the Old Indian karuh, singer; Old Persian xraus, herald; Aramaic karoz, herald, Daniel 3:4 (Colin Brown, The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 3:48).
Kerux was the man commissioned by his ruler or by the state to call out with a clear voice some item of news and to make that known to the public (Colin Brown, 3:48).
Later, the verb kerusso was coined from the noun to describe the activity of the herald (Colin Brown, 3:48).
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By David Sargent, Via BulletinGold
Rose O’Neal Greenhow (1817-1864) was born in Port Tobacco, Maryland. Orphaned as a child, Greenhow was invited to live with her aunt in Washington, D.C. as a teenager. While living in the nation’s capital, she was introduced to important figures in the Washington area. One of those figures was John C. Calhoun, a man of pro-Southern politics, who apparently convinced Rose to also be of pro-Southern interests during the time of the American Civil War.
Greenhow’s sympathy for the Confederate cause grew after the death of her husband, Dr. Robert Greenhow. Her loyalty to the Confederacy was noted by those with similar sympathies in Washington, and she was soon recruited as a spy…
In July of 1861, Greenhow passed secret messages to Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard containing critical information resulting in the Union rout at the First Battle of Bull Run. Suspected of espionage and imprisoned in August 1861, she continued gathering and forwarding information vital to Confederate operations. News of her activities brought publicity and tremendous popularity among Southern sympathizers. After being brought to trial in spring 1862, Greenhow was deported to Richmond, where cheering crowds greeted her.
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By Hugo McCord, via BulletinGold
Youthful lusts (2 Tim. 2:22) do not cause older people to sin, but Satan besets older people with a special sin: worry.
The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus sets forth principles by which worry and anxiety may be eliminated. Those principles are set forth in a prayer written by Reinhold Neibuhr and adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous:
“Dear God, give us strength to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed. Give us courage to change the things that can and should be changed. And give us wisdom to distinguish one from the other.”
That which should and can be changed, do it! Many of life’s problems are solved by work and application. Abraham’s large entourage, both human and animal, was badly in need of water in Palestine’s Negeb desert. Worry would not settle the problem, but hard work in well digging did.
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By David Bragg, Editor, BulletinGold
Among Jesus’ many parables the Gospel writers have preserved for our instruction is the one commonly known as the parable of the tares. After the farmer’s long, tiring day of sowing, with seed bags empty, the fields tilled and full of potential, and his heart overflowing with a sense of satisfaction he reclined for the evening of well-deserved rest. Little did he know that deceitfulness was afoot in the darkness of his unguarded field (Matt. 13:24-25). When the farmer arose from his rest in the morning there was no indication of the mischief that had been perpetrated while he slept.
The “tares” in Jesus’ parable were really weeds, probably the “bearded darnel,” which is difficult to distinguish from wheat in early stages. While scholars disagree on the level of danger the tares pose (poisonous or not), all agree that it was some time before the field hands could recognize the work of their enemy. By then the roots of the wheat and tares would be so entwined that the tares could only be uprooted at great loss of the wheat. Our enemy, Satan, is not only evil, he is industrious. He will use every means at his disposal to sow his seeds of temptation and sin in our lives. This calls for greater diligence in our own lives and clearer instruction to those we can teach about the danger of sin and the great hope Jesus provides. This is the central theme of this month’s BulletinGold.
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