THE BIBLE BELIEVERS SUNDAY SERVICE: What Mean Ye By These Stones?
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The 12 stones at Jordan were never meant to be silent monuments to a forgotten past; they were placed there to provoke a question from the children and demand an answer from the fathers. But when one generation stopped explaining what God had done, another generation arose “which knew not the LORD.” That same tragedy is unfolding before our eyes today. America is covered with churches, crosses and Bibles, yet millions of young people have no idea what any of them mean because fathers have stopped teaching, pulpits have stopped preaching, and churches have traded sound doctrine for entertainment, emotionalism and political religion. One generation possessed the truth, the next merely assumed it, and now another is preparing to abandon it altogether. The stones are still standing, but their testimony is being forgotten.
"That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?" Joshua 4:6 (KJB)
The answer is to remember the works of God, teach the next generation, preach the word and answer the Macedonian call. The Church was never commissioned to preserve the gospel inside comfortable buildings while a lost and dying world cried out from the darkness. The same truth entrusted to us must be committed to faithful men who will teach others also, then carried into the regions beyond by missionaries preaching the gospel of the grace of God. We have a commission, the only question is, will we carry it out?
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This is the opening remarks and introduction to the 8th NTEB Camp Meeting given by Pastor Geoffrey Grider. This was recorded live in East Palatka, Florida
Watching Tesla’s new Roadster climb a ramp upside down, rotate in midair and land on its wheels feels like watching science fiction step off the movie screen. The demonstration is astonishing, and when you place it alongside AI’s growing ability to interpret information, plan tasks and operate machinery, the implications reach far beyond a new sports car. We are watching technologies converge that could reshape how people work, travel, communicate and make decisions. This is a vivid illustration of a world experiencing an extraordinary increase in knowledge. “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” Yet increased knowledge brings an ancient question roaring back into view: what happens when mankind’s growing abilities only serve its pride, and not the God that gave those talents? At Babel, human ingenuity became an instrument of collective self-exaltation to the point where the LORD stepped in to stop it. In the time that’s coming, He’s gonna just let it go and play out for 7 glorious, terrible years.
So much for the obliteration of Iran! For months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been assuring the American people that Iran’s nuclear program was obliterated, its missile manufacturing capabilities destroyed, and its military machine crushed beneath the overwhelming firepower of the United States and Israel. Victory was declared, the speeches were made, and the White House celebrated what it portrayed as one of the greatest military achievements in modern history. But now comes a bombshell report from the Jerusalem Post revealing that Iran is not only rebuilding its ballistic missile and drone arsenals, it is actively fortifying its nuclear installations and preparing for the next war with America and Israel!