Category: Articles by Jim McKendrick

  • Eagles and Crowns, By Jim McKendrick

    Something about the eagle’s size, power, and regal look stirs me. My favorite coffee mug has eagles painted on the side; I have a calendar (last year’s) that has drawings of eagles for each month. The text of Isaiah 40:31with a cross-stitched eagle hangs on the wall of my of my…

  • Do It!, By Jim McKendrick

    In November 1992, America voted for change. The change seems to be the removal of the last vestige of the Judeo-Christian values and standards upon which our country was built–thus leading America into a completely pagan system which blots out all remembrances of God as surely as Communism did in…

  • Dispensational!, By Jim McKendrick

    A few years ago I was preaching a series on “Dispensationalism” when an elder’s wife came and said that those things were too theological for her. A young man at the same meeting came and said he had never heard of the term “Dispensations” before, even though he had been…

  • Corban, By Jim McKendrick

    Paul tells us that it is the responsibility of children and grandchildren (nephews in the KJV) to requite (to make a return or repayment for a benefit or service) our parents (1 Timothy 5). Not to fulfill this responsibility is to be worse than an infidel (unbeliever). We cannot plead…

  • Character Witnesses, By Jim McKendrick

    The Bible’s content is primarily historical. God has chosen to reveal Himself in the histories of men and women, nations and peoples. As they move across the stage of human history, our Bible follows them and comments on them from God’s perspective, thus giving us a revelation of God and…

  • Books to Help You Grow, By Jim McKendrick

    A young believer, encouraged by some well-meaning older person, makes a trip to the local Christian bookstore. On a fine Saturday morning, he opens the door to what he expects to be a real adventure. He has in his pocket some hard-earned money and is ready to part with it…

  • Ashamed!, By Jim McKendrick

    A number of years ago I read a book now out of print called “Will Evangelicalism Survive Its Own Popularity?” The author reasoned the seeds for evangelical demise came from its popularity. He examined a number of values such as the pursuit of pleasure, fascination with fame, preoccupation with youthfulness,…

  • Around the World in Prayer, By Jim McKendrick

    On two occasions over the last few years, I have been privileged to travel to other cultures and see missionary work first- hand. Both trips have given real impetus to prayer for missionaries. First, I have seen the realities of working in a different culture and the sacrifice involved. Secondly,…

  • According to Rome, By Jim McKendrick

    On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 thesis on the door of the Wittenburg Church and officially the Reformation had begun. On March 29, 1994, a number of leading evangelicals signed a joint declaration titled, “Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the 3rd Millennium.” This document…

  • A Shaft of Light, By Jim McKendrick

    It’s a gray day here in Michigan . . . again. November brought just 27% of possible sunshine, which is about average for November. December and January are about the same kind of months. That means it will be gray for 73% of the time. Not good advertising for Michigan…

  • A Real Feast, By Jim McKendrick

    It was the summer of 1989 while having some meetings in London, Ontario, that I picked a book out of the library of my host called Harvest Festivals by H. K. Downie. I had never read anything on the Feasts of Jehovah before and had never in adulthood heard them…

  • A Life’s Work, By Jim McKendrick

    Have you read a good book lately? I certainly hope you have. I generally have more than one going at any one time. There are a lot of good books and I read them all a little differently. For instance, the other evening I got involved in a good biography…

  • A Good Study, By Jim McKendrick

    In the summer of 1988, I was privileged to come under the ministry of Dr. David Gooding for the first time. I enjoyed it thoroughly and decided to make it my business to avail myself of the opportunity each summer to spend a week under the guidance of this able…

  • A Glorious Book, By Jim McKendrick

    Paul would tell us in Philippians that the knowledge of Christ Jesus his Lord was supreme over all other knowledge. The letter to the Hebrews begins with the fact that in God’s Son is the fullness of the message that He has given. The Lord Jesus is better than angels,…

  • A Deliberate Choice, By Jim McKendrick

    Evolution is a bankrupt theory. It is unscientific, unbiblical, and illogical. Yet as you pick up supposedly scientific journals, go to state or national parks, watch TV or listen to the teachers in public schools, this theory is presented as fact worthy of our embrace. This theory was developed in…