Jim Ebers Obituary
Jim Ebers August 14, 1953 – March 30, 2023 Jimmy Lee “Jim” Ebers, 69, of Concordia, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri. Born August 14, 1953, in Chester, Illinois, he was the son of Harold Ebers and Virginia Mayer Ebers. He...
Donald Petering Obituary
Donald T. Petering March 21, 1938 – April 11, 2023 Donald T. Petering of Kirkwood, Missouri, past away on April 11, 2023. Don was born March 21, 1938, to Donald Carl Petering and Erna (Traugott) Petering in Muskogee Oklahoma. Early in life, Don demonstrated a gift for music. During his...
The Faith Once Delivered to the Saints
The Faith Once Delivered to the Saints Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. Jude 3 One of the many...
Who Does the Adding?
Who does the adding? So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls…And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. Acts 2:41, 47 Pastors are burdened with guilt for a variety of reasons, but...
In the World, But Not of the World
In the World, But Not of the World I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not...
Opening the Scriptures
Opening the Scriptures Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. Luke 24:45 As Jesus walked with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, the evangelist Luke notes that beginning with Moses and the Prophets, Jesus “interpreted” the Scriptures to them as they testified about Himself. One of the...
The Christian Life is Simple, But Not Easy
The Christian Life is Simple, But Not Easy "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is...
A Familiar Voice
A Familiar Voice My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. John 10:27-28 Before there was Mike Shannon’s gravelly voice or Jack Buck’s smooth tones,...