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Spurgeon: King Jesus

Some of the worst of tyrants have delighted to call themselves kings by divine right, emperors by the will of God, monarchs by the grace of God, and the like. It may be so; I doubt not that many of earth’s tyrants require much grace, lest their crimes should bring them to speedy ruin; and…

The Old Man Crucified

Spurgeon: The old man Crucified ‘Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him.’ Romans 6:6 Crucifixion was a lingering death. Our old nature has not been put to death by the sword, or stoning, or burning; it has been crucified; this will bring on a sure death in time, but it is slow.…

Homeschooling More Than Doubled During the Pandemic

Many families took one look at their school district’s remote or hybrid learning offerings this fall and said “no, thank you.” That’s the message gleaned from national and state-specific data on the surging number of homeschooled students this academic year.   Prior to the pandemic and related school closures last spring, there were just under two million homeschoolers in the U.S., representing about 3.4 percent of the…

April 5 Services Cancelled

Victory Baptist Church has cancelled services for April 5, 2020. We will be trying to have a video of a service posted on April 5. On our website (victorybaptistpocono.com) or on our church’s facebook page .This will not be live but a recording. In the near future we hope to have live streaming setup. Pray…

Jeff Straub: COVID-19 and the Christian

It came as no surprise last Friday when late in the day word came that the seminary’s Friends and Family Banquet, scheduled for March 30, was cancelled. Fourth Baptist Church had already determined to suspend public congregational worship for two Sundays in response to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s request that gatherings of more than 250…