Report from the Rep (May – June 2009)

Dear Brethren,
Puritan Ralph Venning wrote, “Milk is the food of babes; and therefore it is necessary that we come to know what this milk is… In the general, all the Word of God (the Gospel) is called ‘milk’… This milk is for growth; the Word is not only for begetting, as in I Pet. 1:23, [...]

Report from the Rep – April 2009

A monthly communication from Dr. Terry Smith,
National Representative of the FFBC
284 Whig Lane Rd., Monroeville, NJ 08343
www.ffbc.ws 
 
 
 
March –April 2009
 
Dear Brethren, 
Thomas Manton wrote, “A father will not let his child starve – certainly none so fatherly as God, . . . He takes an exact notice of all your wants and pressures. It is notable to [...]

Report from the Rep – Jan-Feb 2008

Dear Brethren,
Spurgeon wrote in his devotional book, Morning and Evening, for February 11, “A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ…but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the words and actions of His people…A Christian should be like Christ in his [...]

Report from the Rep – June 2008

Dear Brethren,
Researcher George Barna has lent his influence to a growing movement away from church as it is known. He states that 20 million Americans are … “leaving churches precisely because they want more of God in their life but cannot get what they want from a local church.” Barna [...]

FFBC Link – June 2008

From the President
Let me start by praising God for His hand of mercy upon our trip to the Philippines, it was very evident. Thank you all for your prayers. Let me give you a short update.
Our journey started on Thursday May 8. Missionary Bryan Bell, Pastor Ernie Brodie, Jr., Ken Preston, Libby Lewis, and [...]

Report from the Rep – May 2008

May 2008
Dear Brethren,
Dr. Harry A. Ironside wrote in Except Ye Repent, “The days are dark. The need is urgent. Men are dying all about us in their sins. The Gospel is still the power of God unto salvation. Let it be faithfully preached, and it will do its work as of old…Such was the Gospel [...]

Report from the Rep – April 2008

Dr. Jim Berg in his book, Changed into His Image, writes, “We hear much today about the apathy of the church. No one is ever apathetic! Every man is passionate about something…Those who have influence for God are passionate about God. They love Him with heart, soul, mind and body!…Let us then put away our [...]

Report from the Rep – March 2008

A monthly communication from Dr. Terry Smith,
National Representative of the Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches.
March 2008
Dear Brethren,
As a part of my devotions this morning, I read in This Day in Baptist History a devotional by David L. Cummins entitled, College President Fired Because of His Faith. Dr. Cummins wrote, “Henry Dunster was born in England [...]

Report from the Rep – January 2008

The following is the January 2008 Report from the FFBC Representative, Dr. Terry Smith.  (Some slight editing has occurred from the original format – Frank.)  
January 2008
Dear Brethren,
Thomas Watson in Day By day With The English Puritans is quoted, “A childlike heart is a zealous heart. It is impatient of God’s dishonor. Moses was cool in his own [...]

Report from the Rep – December 2007

Dear Brethren,
C.H. Spurgeon wrote in Morning and Evening for the evening meditation on January 1st, “We will be glad and rejoice in Thee (Song of Solomon 1:4). That last word is the meat in the dish, the kernel of the nut, the soul of the text…Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, Thou art the present portion [...]