Baptist TrumpetVolume 76 December 16, 2015, Little Rock, Arkansas Number 14

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By Steve Crawley, Exec. Dir.Lifeword Media Ministries

Since 2013, the cost savings as-sociated with the integration of de-partments has enabled Lifeword to divert overhead costs to the funding of additional ministry opportunities. Tactical moves made by Lifeword and other BMA entities have cer-tainly brought extensive change and required considerable effort, yet they have decreased overhead costs sig-nificantly, resulting in an increase in ministry funds. The following are just a few exam-ples of new initiatives implemented in the past two years:

Community Radio(Low Power FM or LPFM) Dozens of affiliate stations have been added in the United States and abroad in the last two years. These efforts have resulted in many profes-sions of faith, baptisms and disciples being funneled into existing BMA missions and churches, some even resulting in new church plants. Lifeword has also conducted training over the last two years in Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Tanzania, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Africa and the Philippines that prepares be-lievers effectively share the Gospel with their communities using media. Additionally, Bible Institute classes in the Philippines and Guatemala have incorporated Community Ra-dio training into their curriculum. Students learn broadcast/program production, recording, editing and setting up and troubleshooting the stations. Testimonies from around the globe offer an encouraging response: Honduras — The Garifuna, who were among the first recipients of Community Radio, have set up five additional stations in their commu-nities. In cooperation with BMA Honduras, they have also traveled outside the country to set up stations for other indigenous people groups and are training others to do the same.

Rick Russell conducts Community Radio training in Tanzania and Liberia

Decrease Results in Increase Guatemala — The Garifuna have set up a station in the jungle. Conse-quently, a number of Kekchi villages are hearing the Gospel in their lan-guage for the first time, resulting in many reported professions of faith. Pastors and leaders in other Kekchi villages are being trained in the use of Community Radio, which should yield even more results. Peru — Because of the concerted efforts of BMA Missions, Lifeword, BMMI and BMA Peru, the Lord blessed with professions of faith in the community of Picoy. One of these converts was the mayor, who is currently being discipled and has of-fered a place to set up Community Radio where a new mission/church is being launched this year by BMA Peru. Picoy, previously known to lo-cals as the seat of paganism, will now have a church and a Christian radio station. Eight hours from Picoy, in Maza-mari, the Community Radio sta-tion opened the door to a hundred tribes, where BMA Peru leader and Lifeword representative Paul Tinoco has been following up. He reports many professions of faith, and both BMA Missions and Lifeword now have a presence in the communities of Shevoja, Bagua Grande and Con-cepcion Huancayo. Philippines — Open Door Bap-tist Church in Pandan (a small Fili-pino village) and Pastor Jonathan Arturo started its Community Radio station two years ago to share the Gospel with nearby villagers. After a few months, station managers began receiving text messages from listeners in Melendrez, a place no one had ever heard of before. It was only five miles away on the other side of a jungle so thick that no one had ever gone there, but radio waves from Open Door Community Radio were able to pen-etrate! Melendrez now has a church with dozens of members. Since that time, Open Door has planted a mis-sion church in the nearby village of Kalubihan and the people down the road in Hilonga have also begun to respond to the Gospel.

Africa — Among the Swahili-speaking people of Tanzania, 25 pastors in a small association of Tan-zanian Baptist churches are working with Lifeword and the following individuals and entities to spread the gospel: BMA pastors, BMA Seminary professors, Evangelistic International Ministries (EIM) and BMA Missions. Lifeword has the opportunity to step in and help with a new Swahili broadcast that should be airing in 2016. Please pray with us as Lifeword continues to co-labor in the king-dom work God has given us the privilege to be a participant. — This article is a portion of Life-word’s Mission:World article, written by Steve Crawley with contributions from the Lifeword team. For the full report, see the March/April issue. (mis-sionworldmag.com)

Aubrey “Buddy” Johnson will be honored for his 50 years in the ministry Jan. 2, 1-4 p.m. at Heri-tage Baptist Church, 1000 Butcher Rd., Waxahachie, Texas. For more information, contact his wife, Taffy Johnson at (903) 278-0902 or taffy-habla@gmail.com. He was born Dec. 25, 1942, to Grady and Janie (McSwain) John-son. His dad surrendered to the min-istry when Bro. Buddy was a boy. He accepted Christ at the age of 13, and was baptized into the membership of the church his dad pastored. He surrendered to the ministry and made his call known at Travis Street Baptist Church the Sunday after the Jacksonville Baptist College Bible Conference in March 1964. The church licensed him and he ac-cepted his first pastorate at Macedo-nia Baptist Church in Etoile, Texas. During his time there, the College Heights Baptist Church in Nacog-doches, Texas, ordained him in April 1965. From Etoile, he moved to Jack-sonville, Texas, to become the pastor of the Friendship Baptist Church in the Corine community while he at-tended BMA Theological Seminary. In 1970, he moved his family to Texarkana to pastor the Hillcrest Baptist Church, and in 1973, he was

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Bart Herrington has accepted the pastorate of South Main Baptist Church in Malvern and will be on the field Jan. 1. He, his wife, Kortney and their three sons (Lee, Aidan and Wyatt) will be moving from Jack-sonville, Texas, where he has been working on a Master of Divinity de-gree. Josiah Burns is the new wor-ship leader at South Main Baptist Church in Malvern. He is complet-ing his degree in Vocal Music Edu-cation nd Conducting at Henderson State University. Maul Community Baptist Church at Camden is seeking a bivocational pastor. For more infor-mation, contact Church Clerk Cath-erine Bradford at (870) 836-5059 or cbradford924@sbcglobal.net. Old Liberty Baptist Church in Conway is seeking a bivocational and ordained pastor. Resumes may be sent to the church, c/o Charles Walker or Jerrell Spradlin, 51 Fern Lane, Conway, Ark. 72032.

By Leonardo Blair, Christian Post ChristianPost.com —  Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Dec. 8, the lat-est in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The IRS may soon require church-es and other nonprofit charities to report the Social Security numbers of their donors contributing at least $250 annually. The news has raised concerns about security, IRS target-ing and government overreach. A report from FOX News  says lawmakers and charities alike are concerned about the impact this proposal from the Obama adminis-tration could have on churches and charities if it gets the green light. “There’s a big caution here. There’s a big yellow light that should be flashing for a couple of reasons,” Ill. Republican Rep. Peter Roskam told Fox News. “Number one, the IRS has not demonstrated its capacity to

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By Nathaniel Sillin For all the planning we do during the holidays, the last couple of weeks before the big parties and family gatherings can trip up the best of budgets. Perhaps what’s needed is some last-minute tricks to keep over-spending to a minimum. Here are a few ideas to get you through.

Track Your Spending If you’re close to the upper end of your budget and you’re not quite sure what’s happened, go through those receipts. Maybe you and your part-ner or spouse are shopping indepen-dently, spending too much on gas, meals out or failing to coordinate on the items you need. Maybe the kids are adding items to their lists at the last minute. It’s

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Don’t Let the Last-Minute Holiday Rush Crush Your Budget

toughest to say no to kids, so see if there are adult gifts, decorating items or seasonal specialty food you re-ally don’t need to purchase. In other words, if your budget is tight, iden-tify the expenses you can alter and adjust your spending plans.

Don’t Ignore the Cost of Returns Some retailers are strict about return policies on a host of items, which makes it doubly important to save all your receipts. If you’re giving gift cards, make sure the recipient has the purchase receipt in case the card doesn’t work. If you’ve bought items online, make sure you keep critical return in-formation and package return stick-ers in case you need them. How-ever, take one additional step with

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This time of year, we give gifts in remembrance of the greatest gift ever given to the world — Jesus Christ! It was a gift given out of love: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son…” We emulate that in a small way by giving gifts to those we love. I have some perfect gifts for hus-bands and wives to give each other for the coming year. These gifts will be the perfect fit, will cost no money and they won’t be exchanged for something else. You will have a hap-pier marriage because of the gift, and you will also be biblical by giving these gifts. All you have to do is be willing to give them to our spouse. In this article, we’ll take turns opening the gifts — first the wife, then the husband.

Perfect Gift #1 ForThe Wife is Praise “Her children arise up, and call her blessed: her husband also, and he prais-eth her” (Prov. 31:28). If you are a husband who has grown tired of his wife and you have the wrong thinking of how you would like a new wife, let me tell you how you can get one very easily — praise the one you have! If she is discouraged, stressed, irri-table or just plodding along through her days, praise from her husband will light up her face. Look for things to praise her about. Don’t be lazy and just praise her once a day about the same thing. Praise her on an on-going basis about all the little things God will reveal to you. Be led by the Holy Spirit, and ask God to reveal things for you to praise her about. It is like putting water on a garden in the hot summer — she will spring to life. God turned the woman toward her husband. Others can praise her, but no one can have the same impact with praise as her husband.

Perfect Gift #2 ForThe Wife is Honor “…giving honor unto the wife” (I Peter 3:7). Guys, did you know that when you dishonor your wife, your prayers are cut off from Heaven? There is no more miserable place for a Christian man to be than to have his prayers cut off, and that’s what the Bible says this happens when you dishonor her: “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weak-er vessel, and as being heirs together of

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the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered” (I Peter 3:7). You must show honor in words and actions. It can’t be just words alone. Some practical examples would be calling her if you are going to be home late. This shows honor because you are not making her worry unnec-essarily. Call and ask her before you make a decision so you can include her in the decision-making process. Pick your clothes up off the bed-room floor. Tell her you love her. Honoring her shows you respect what she does.

Perfect Gift #1 ForThe Husband is Reverance “…and the wife see that she rever-ence her husband” (Eph. 5:33). Reverence means “filled with pro-found respect and love, even venera-tion.” A pastor is sometimes called “reverend” because he is seen with profound love and respect by his people at church. Respect is the second command for all wives in Ephesians. You should respect your husband, even a husband who isn’t living like you want him to or like he should. The situation can change in a heartbeat if the wife looks for things for which to respect him. She doesn’t look for what she thinks is wrong in him and then ver-balize that. Instead, she looks beyond his faults and shows respect in some aspect of his life. You will get a man to grow more quickly toward right living this way than any other way. Respect his work. Teach the kids to respect their dad. Verbally respect him in front of your family, rather than making jokes and putting him down. A lack of re-spect will burn bridges between you two. Respect his time, his talents and his manhood. Respecting manhood

The CBC Employee Christmas Party was held on Friday, Dec. 11. The event was a brunch and featured an array of breakfast foods catered by CBC Director of Dining Services, Chef Jill McCollum, and was held in the CBC Dining Hall. The theme for the party was “CBC Gives Back” and highlighted some of the many organizations and charities CBC has been involved with in 2015. One of the organizations that CBC employees have more than doubled its contribution to from 2015 to 2016 is the United Way. In 2015, CBC employees gave $2,052 to United Way, but have pledged more than $4,180 to United Way in 2016. That came as a huge relief for the United Way Director Maret Ca-hill Wicks as they had lost a major donor and needed to fill the short-age.

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CBC Gives Back — Collects 1,238Cans of Soup for Food Boxes

Each month, CBC employees participate in a “Jeans Day” to raise money for local charities. In 2015, employees have donated or raised money for the following charities: The CALL (Children of Arkansas Loved for a Lifetime), Community Action Program of Central Arkansas (CAP-CA), Boys & Girls Club of Faulkner County, Salvation Army, Stuff the Bus, Deliver Hope and The Women’s Shelter of Central Arkansas. As another way to give back, CBC employees were asked to bring soup cans and CANstruct a centerpiece for their table at the Christmas Par-ty. The cans were to be donated to CAPCA, a local food bank in Cen-tral Arkansas. More than 650 soup cans were collected at the luncheon and were added to 588 cans already collected through “Jeans Days” for a total of 1,238 cans. CAPCA will be

putting together holiday food boxes and distributing them in the com-munity before Christmas. Two CBC employees were recog-nized for going above and beyond their duties at CBC and giving back to CBC. Paula Bender received the CBC Fred award (based on the book “Fred Factor”) for excellence in her position in providing disability sup-port at CBC. CBC Softball Coach Kristen Drage received the CARE (Create a Rare Experience) award for her recruitment efforts at a Dal-las, Texas softball camp. The program ended with a special thanks to employees for their com-munity involvement and their service to CBC. Not only do many employ-ees give to their community, they also give to CBC through the Vision 2020 Campaign, the Mustang Club, gifts to memorial and endowed funds, the Buy A Brick program and more.

Employee in the News Robin Julch, CBC’s director of Military Relations, was promoted to Colonel in the Army Reserves on Nov. 22. Robin, along with her posi-tion at CBC, is a Logistical Officer with the 377th Theater Sustainment Command in Belle Chasse, La. Her current position with the Army Re-serves is Chief of Internal Review. Congratulations to Robin.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, Dec. 24, 7 p.m.; Immanuel, Greenbrier. Christmas Day Service, Dec. 25, 10:30 a.m; Bodcaw #1, Bodcaw. Christmas Program-“The New Star”, Dec. 27, 10 a.m.; Bodcaw #1, Bodcaw. Fourth Sunday Singing, Dec. 27, 6 p.m.; Bold Springs, Strawberry. Youth Lock-In, Dec. 31-Jan. 1, 7 p.m.-7 a.m., Food, games, movies, devotionals and fellowship; youth from all churches encouraged to at-tend; Springdale, Springdale. Nightwatch Service, Dec. 31, 8 p.m.-midnight; Bodcaw #1, Bodcaw.

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Jonesboro District WMA, Jan. 9, 10 a.m.; Walnut Grove, Lake City. Central Arkansas District WMA, Jan. 9, 10 a.m.; Landmark, England. Central Brotherhood, Jan. 11, 6:30 p.m.; Pleasant Grove, Carlisle. Jonesboro District Brother-hood, Jan. 12; Central, Trumann. Columbia District Brother-hood, Jan. 12, 6 p.m.-meal, 7 p.m.-program; Chris Lucy, speaker; First, Buckner. United District WMA, Jan. 17, 10 a.m.; Mustard Seed Mission, Alma.

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Special Things at Christmas With a title like that, this editorial could go on forever — especially since your editor tends to be, shall we say “long-winded!” But since we are very limited in space in this issue, I promise to keep it short by leaving out refer-ences to my family, food, lights, music, gifts tied with ribbon, etc. Instead, let me narrow it down to one special thing and tell you about that nativity scene that is part of our Christmas card on page 1 of today’s Trumpet. The display actually sits close to the front door at my house, and it is a “special thing” because of what it is (the Reason for the season!) and who gave it to me — My Five Baby Girls, the GMAs who allowed me to be their counselor for all of their steps. Those “girls” are all past 40 now, and they are all active in church and mar-ried to godly men. Celeste Hallum DeLeuil, Christie Page Brewer, Melissa Morrow Brown, Robyn Smith Dodson and Trina Spriggs Medlock still love to get together, especially at Christmas — when they bring along husbands, parents and 15 kids! I look forward to it every year because it truly is one of the “special things at Christmas” for me!

Prayer Request I have a problem with the muscles in my eyelids, causing them to droop and cover part of the pupil, making it hard to see. It is apparently a type of Ptosis that only about 15% of people who need the surgery have, and the procedure has been scheduled for Dec. 29 to (please, God!) correct the problem. Everything in my life revolves around the Trumpet’s schedule, so this date was chosen because we don’t have an issue that week. The doctor has said I can come back to work on Monday to get the next week’s Trumpet out, as long as I don’t “overdo it.” I’m holding him to it! It is just outpatient, but I’d still appreciate your prayers.

Thanks so Much! This time of year is always “tight” for us financially, but it is also the time of year when God blesses us in so many ways. I really appreciate special of-ferings from Sue Trost (see “The Christmas Orange” on pg. 7 of this week’s issue); Peggy Plummer of El Dorado ($50); Unity Baptist Church in Hope ($100); Pastor Jerry Jolly, who added $26.50 to his subscription renewal; John & Becky Way of Cave City, who sent a gift subscription to a friend and also adopted an archival issue of the Trumpet; and my friends at Rock Hill Baptist Church at Jonesboro, who sent a very generous $148 offering. Last, but not least, First Baptist Church at Damascus sent an extra, end-of-the-year offering of $3,600. It was a definite answer to prayer because I had two large bills I needed to pay, and the balance in the checking account was screaming “no!” God bless all of you for blessing us at this “most wonderful” but “most financially difficult” time of the year. Thanks so very much! We still have some big needs, but I’m not worried — okay, at least not real worried — because I know from experience that God is going to take care of us through His children. He always has, and He always will! Just so you know — all donations to the Baptist Trumpet are tax deduct-ible, and any donations received in our office by first thing Wednesday morning, Dec. 30, will be counted for 2015. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!

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elected missionary to Mexico where he served for almost 27 years. While there, he was instrumental in win-ning thousands of souls, starting over 50 churches and missions and train-ing over 100 preachers. He returned to the pastorate at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Texar-kana in 1999, and remained there until he became the coordinator of Hispanic Church Planting in the USA for the BMA of America in 2004. In that position, he assisted

in beginning 17 Hispanic congrega-tions and began working with Dy-namic Church Planting Internation-al, where he became a senior master trainer in both English and Spanish. He currently serves as the Director of International Training all over the world for the BMA of America. He and his wife, Taffy have six children: Grady (Denise) Johnson, Scott (Xochitl) Johnson, Eric (Kelly) Johnson, Jon ( Jessica) Johnson, Ben (Crystal) Johnson and Sara (Tom-my) Rose; and 17 grandchildren. The Johnsons’ mailing address is 210 La Vista, Waxahachie, Texas 75165.

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hold this type of information from confidentiality and a security point of view.” The IRS says the Social Security reporting requirement, which would impact only organizations that fall into the 501(c)(3) category, would be optional, but some critics are worried this might become a standard. “It’s the No. 1 regulation that people are commenting upon,” said attorney Cleta Mitchell who repre-sents the conservative-leaning group TRUE the VOTE, which says it has already been harassed by the IRS, ac-cording to FOX News. She believes that the IRS cannot be trusted and the request would af-fect the ability of charities to collect enough money to survive. “It would have a dramatic effect on donors’ decisions on whether or not to contribute,” she said. “You’d see a lot of $249.99 contributions to every charitable organization in America. It’s preposterous.” The proposal, noted as Substantia-tion Requirement for Certain Con-tributions, has attracted nearly 1,500 reactions so far. “Imposing this type of rule would make it even harder for nonprofits to secure donations from new prospec-tive donors. As it is, donors are skep-tical about giving to charities. New nonprofits would struggle to find donors if personal information had to be given along with their mon-etary or in-kind gifts. As a nonprofit founder and CEO, this would cause unnecessary, unfair stress on our or-ganization as a whole, and prevent us from reaching as many people as we want to serve,” explained Annette Patterson. “Aloha, I donate to nonprofit or-ganizations, volunteer for several organizations and am president of a nonprofit organization (Cycle On Hawaii), and I oppose the proposed rule to allow nonprofit organizations to report certain donations to the IRS via information returns. The po-tential negative consequences of this rule far outweigh any benefits. Please do not adopt this rule,” noted Natalie Iwasa. The IRS explained in a release however that the proposal was made in September in part because some taxpayers who were being audited — or “under exam” — say they lost their donation records and that chari-ties also having a record would help them verify deductions according to Fox News. “This project was prompted be-cause some… organizations and donors were interested in using this option,” the agency noted. “This pro-posal would impose no mandatory changes to existing rules.” Reacting to that concern however,

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Is you behavior consistent with what you say you believe? Does your church behave in a way that shows you mean what you say? We say we believe in evangelism, but do we practice it? We say we know disciple-ship is important, but is anyone being discipled? The things we say we value — are they truly convictions or are they just preferences? In James 1:22 (HCSB), we are challenged with his truth, “But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” We are told to not deceive our-selves, and the idea here is that we need a reality check. A good friend of mine, Sam Douglass, says it this way, “It is time to interrogate reality!” Are we deceiving ourselves? The word here refers to incorrect rea-soning. In mathematics, it is a mis-calculation. Galatians 6:3 says, “For if anyone considers himself to be some-thing when he is nothing, he is deceiv-

ing himself.” The Word of God makes it clear that when you hear the Word without obeying it, you are making a serious miscalculation. James then gives us the analogy of a mirror. The mirrors of that day were nothing like what we have to-day. They were polished brass or bronze, and only the wealthy could afford ones made of silver or gold. Even the most expensive ones had to be polished vigorously, positioned at just the right angle and placed in the best light to eventually see a fairly accurate image. The mirrors of today, invented in the 14th century, give an instant picture of how we really look compared to how we think we look. Church, it is time to look into the mirror and see what we really look like, not what we think we look like. The time has come to interrogate our reality so that we might confess what needs to be confessed, correct what needs to be corrected and then commit to what must be done for the kingdom to advance. What do we need to see in the mirror today? What area of our lives, and the lives of our churches need to “Be Real” about? What do we need to see as we look intently into the perfect law of freedom? •  We need to see ourselves. All

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Antioch, Conway, welcomed two new members. Dr. Jason Aultman, pastor.

Banks, Banks, added three by let-ter. Jerry Burress, pastor; Linda Mc-Diarmid, reporter.

Beech Street, Crossett, received one by baptism since last report. Donnie DuBose, pastor; Ann Phil-lips, reporter.

Bethel, Forest City, gained one by baptism. Marty Cantwell, pastor; Susan Sanders, reporter.

Bradford, Bradford, welcomed two by baptism and one by letter. Matthew Grantham, pastor; Alinna Imhoof, reporter.

Church at Willow Beach, added two by baptism since last report. Roy Tilley, pastor; Vela Hodkin, reporter.

College View, Magnolia, wel-comed one by letter. Mike Silvey, pastor.

Commerce Road, Pine Bluff, gained two by baptism and one by letter. Boyce Garlington, pastor.

Grace, Wynne, welcomed three by statement. Mac Pierce, pastor; Joyce Garner, reporter.

Immanuel, Greenbrier, received two by baptism. Tony Crocker, pas-tor; Christina Galloway, reporter.

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of us need better self-awareness. We need to know how God uniquely made each one of us so we can bet-ter understand our strengths and our weaknesses. He has hard-wired all of us a particular way for His purposes. Every child of God has unique spiri-tual gifts and passions. It does not take long to see that when you read I Corinthians 12 and learn that we are to be unified, even though there is such diversity in the body. Psalm 139:14 says, “I will praise You because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well.” •  We need to see our abilities. What do we need to learn, and what instruction do we need to receive? Our abilities are an accumulation of our training and life experiences along the way. It is very easy to be an expert about things in which we are not involved. On Sunday afternoons, spectators enjoy being armchair quar-terbacks. We need to be careful about being that way at church. It is easy to give advice about how ministries should be done that we never plan on helping with. One man said this, “Be-fore I was married, I had three theo-ries about raising children; now I have three children and no theories!” • We need to see our relationship with Christ. Are we growing in the Lord and spiritually maturing daily? This is what brings together our per-

Oak Grove, Jonesboro, added one by baptism. Wynndel King, pas-tor; Jan Files, reporter.

Oakland Heights, Pine Bluff, gained two by letter and one by bap-tism. Rusty Womble, pastor; Carolyn Gammel, reporter.

Southside, Hope, welcomed three by baptism since last report. Ernie Sorrells, pastor.

Union, Bodcaw, received two by letter. Joe Brown, pastor; Terri Wil-liams, reporter.

On Dec. 12, 19 Sunbeams from Spring Lake in Texarkana went shopping at the local Walmart. The Sunbeams had raised $176 by collect-ing dimes, and they used the money to buy Christmas presents for a child from one of the schools in Texarkana.

Oak Grove Baptist Church in Jonesboro burned the note on their Family Life Center on Sunday, Nov. 22. They began this project in 2006, borrowed the monies to finish it and the Lord allowed them to pay for it in nine years. Pictured are members of the Building & Finance committee along with Pastor Wynndel King (far right).

sonalities and our education by placing them under the authority of our Lord. Phil 3:10 says, “My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.” First and fore-most, how is your walk with Christ? Are you passionately pursuing Him daily to know Him better? Here is why this is so important: If we are not real about ourselves we will be frustrated! There is always work to be done and improvements that need to be made. That is why James has already challenged us to be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. He then tells us to be real because obedience is required, and

without obeying the truth it is really of no benefit to us or anyone else. If we are not real about our abili-ties we will be ineffective! How can you improve your skill set? How can you improve on what you are doing for Christ? Whatever ability you need to work on, there is a great question to ask yourself. Who knows what I need to know? Figure that out and then get the instruction and training you need. Churches, please do not give your people a job without clearly defining what their responsi-bilities are and equipping them for the role.

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shipped returns — see whether the seller is charging you more for their convenient shipping label option than shipping the item back locally in your own packaging. Finally, keep restocking fees in mind. Some retailers charge in excess of 10% of the item’s cost to accept a return, particularly for electronic and mechanical purchases that involve heavy packaging. Ultimately, the best time to check return policies is be-fore you buy; but if you do have to return items, consolidate those trips to save time, gas and money.

“Piggyback” the Purchases of Others If you have a large gift list for loved ones or family, be a nosy shop-per. Maybe your sister is finally giv-ing her movie freak husband the room-sized flat screen television he

Thomas Allen argued on the docu-ment that the proposed change for those reasons is still not a good idea. “Social Security numbers should only be used for Social Security ad-ministration as they were originally intended,” wrote Allen. “The secu-rity issues with the widespread use and overuse of SSN should be more important than further undermining the tax base.” He continued: “The current sys-tem rewards both the donor seeking a deduction and the charity receiving it tax free, while the actual benefac-tors of the supposed charitable sys-tem receive the least reward per cap-ita of those involved in this system. In other words, the charity cartel is presumed to be near holy at every untaxed transaction based on very little evidence of operations.” Allen proposed getting rid of the nonprofit tax-exempt status by tax-ing all operations equally. “The costs to stop even a small portion of the nation’s charitable impropriety are too excessive; there-fore, the IRS should recognize that non-profit tax exemption of a huge sector of the economy simply is not affordable and that the general wel-fare would be better served by tax-ing equally. Charities should not be

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Genivieve Jannette Glass, 81 of Texarkana died on Dec. 13. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. Tammy Grant Townsend Jones, 49 of Hope, died Dec. 13. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church. Albert H. Allen, 81 of Jonesboro, died Dec. 12. He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. Brigadier General Herbert Lloyd, 79 of Hope, died Dec. 12. He was a member of Unity Baptist Church.

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means you don’t try to make him into a female man or a child man. Disrespect is talking to your husband like he is a child. Respect his unique, God-given masculinity.

Perfect Gift #2 For TheHusband is No Nagging “It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house… It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman” (Prov. 21:9, 19). Brawling means “quarrelsome and argumentative.” The second defini-tion in the dictionary is a “noisy flow as water.” I guess that is why the Bi-ble also states that nagging is like the steady drip of a faucet. I know you ladies just want your husband to do something or listen to you, but your husband will grow deaf with constant nagging. It drives him away from you.

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If we are not real about our rela-tionship with Christ, we will have broken fellowship! A reality check is necessary because you can believe that your walk with Christ is better than it actually is. That is why James told us that we need to make sure that our behavior lines up with what we say we believe. Obedience is re-quired! Luke 6:46 says it well, “Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say?” Healthy churches and healthy Christians are not afraid of a reality check in the mirror!

treated as if they are the Levitical priesthood,” he said. “This proposed new rule may be an attempt to curb the abuses noted here, but it does so at the expense of donors who are being asked to as-sume more risk of fraud,” he added. The complete document (Proposed IRS Substantiation Requirement for Certain Contributions by Leonardo Blair) can be viewed at scribd.com.

has always wanted. Maybe your niec-es and nephews are getting expensive dolls, toys or technology items that require clothes or software of some sort. If you are trying to cut your holiday budget, check in with loved ones to see if you can supplement these expensive gifts with accessories that might be easier on your budget and appreciated just as much. Pitching in for a couple of outfits for the expensive doll — rather than having to buy the expensive doll it-self — saves you money, gives your loved ones a break on the subsequent purchases they’ll need to make and the recipient gets more of what he or she wants. A win-win all around.

Watch Out for Theft All the smart shopping in the world won’t lessen the headaches from thieves who target your pack-ages, personal and online data or the contents of your wallet. Fast-ap-proaching holidays and busy sched-ules can leave us tired and distracted, so keep a close watch on potential risk for identity theft (identitytheft.gov) and package theft from cars, homes and apartment vestibules. If you take public transportation, use extra caution to keep your mon-ey, purchases and personal technol-ogy hidden from thieves.

Bottom Line Don’t let the last, busy weeks of

the holiday season knock you off budget or threaten your financial se-curity in other ways. (Nathaniel Sillin directs Visa’s fi-nancial education programs. To follow Practical Money Skills on Twitter: twitter.com/PracticalMoney.)

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Missionaries Hershel Conley, The Bridge, Mountain Home; (870) 656-4080 Michael Hight, Hispanic Outreach, Little Rock; (501) 326-0198

Juan Carlos Posadas, Mission, North Little Rock; (501) 712-8752 Jim Tollison, Mustard Seed, Alma; (870) 370-3938

Jorge Vasquez, El Faro, Little Rock; (501) 575-2720 Chad White, Connection Point; Brookland; (870) 243-4683

BJ Wright, Grace Pointe, Mayflower; (501) 827-9665

www.bmaofarkansas.com Paul Whiteexecutive DirectorFacebook.com/ArkansasMissions

“The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be” (Gen 49:10). Here we see the prediction of Ja-cob concerning the promised Mes-siah. This verse gives the Christian those solid proofs of the authority and divinity of our Christian faith. His coming was predicted some 1,700 years before His incarnation. In this verse He is referred to as Shi-loh, and this appears to have a three-fold signification. • A messenger or one who is sent— Jesus was sent of the Father, the mes-senger of God’s love and mercy to us. “Jesus answered and said unto them; this is the work of God that ye believe on him whom he hath sent” ( John 6:29). “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me” ( John 6:38). Jesus came for the redemption of the world. We are told that in the fullness of time God sent Him forth. The Holy Spirit descended upon Him, and afterwards He began his public ministry. As a peacemaker: “The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliv-erance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised” (Luke 4:18). This strikingly agrees with the prophecy of Isaiah, “Prince of Peace;” and the song of the angels, “Peace on Earth.” Sin exposed our guilt to the wrath of God, and Jesus came to make a way of reconciliation. He offered the perfect sacrifice to the insulted justice and holiness of God. He was sent of God to be the perfect Savior. He became a Savior through making peace for us. Only Jesus pos-sesses the qualification to be man’s savior: “He is mighty to save” and “He can save to the uttermost.” •  To the appearing of the Mes-siah — “Until Shiloh come.” This sent of God, this blessed peace maker and perfect savior was to come. He was of the tribe of Judah as spoken of by both Matthew and Luke. • The work of the Messiah — “Unto him shall the gathering of the people be.” This is very much like Eph. 1:10: “That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather to-

Christmas gether in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him.” The death of Christ was the great attractor, for Jesus Himself tells us “If I be lifted up.” Peter lifted up Christ on the day of Pentecost and 3,000 were saved. Afterward, the Apostles went everywhere through the known world and gathered out of all nations a people to the Redeemer’s praise. In every age, souls have been gath-ered to Christ. So it is now, the good news of the Gospel has gone forth into all assessable lands of our world, for the purpose of gathering men to Christ. They are gathered to the foot of the cross as the source of salvation, to His church as the visible friends of His Kingdom and to His cause as devoted followers. Jesus is the promised Shiloh. His name, work and glory are His own. He claims the praise and the love of our redeemed race. Salvation is being gathered to Him as wandering sheep brought to His fold. And just when you think it couldn’t get any better, it does! We are to be called into His presence. He is to set up His Kingdom, and we are to be forever with the Lord. Merry Christmas!

From Our Missionaries Connection Point, Brookland: Chad White writes, “It was an in-credible week at Connection Point! Like many of you, we have been very busy; however, God continues to bless us every day. “Monday, I had the privilege of meeting with the men of the Mount Vernon Association at First Baptist Church in Caldwell. It was truly an honor and a blessing to be able to share about the work God is doing in Brookland with these men. “Saturday, we participated in the City of Brookland’s annual Christ-mas parade. We passed out candy and information cards to people along the side of the route. It was a lot of fun. “Sunday was an amazing day as our children presented the Christ-mas musical, ‘Christmas is Jesus.’ They did a wonderful job. We had lots of folks there, including many first-time guests. Sunday night, we had full classes as many small groups had Christmas parties in their class.” The Mustard Seed, Alma: Jim Tollison writes, “We had another good week at the Mustard Seed. We have added Jimmy Tollison II as our

Silas Partner. He is going to be a big blessing to the mission and comes to us with several years of experi-ence in youth and music ministry. I will share more about this in a later issue of the paper. Keep praying for us to reach the potential God has for us here at the mission. I hope you all have a great Christmas season.” The Bridge, Mountain Home: Hershel Conley writes, “Merry Christ-mas to you all. We have had a busy week here with the Master’s Blend Kitchen as we fed a good number of guests. “Thursday night, I got to preach at Landmark Baptist Church in Eliza-beth with a wonderful group of people who wanted to know more about our mission. After a wonderful meal, I preached and all present prayed for us at the Bridge. I am encouraged by those people who truly love the Lord. “Friday, I got a call that my aunt had died and I traveled to Blytheville for the funeral. “We had a good number in Sun-day School, with some new faces in church. I truly believe the Lord has led all of you to pray and support us because that is working. Please know the thanks in our hearts will never be enough to repay you for your requests made for us.  I pray you all have the most blessed Christ-mas ever in Jesus.”

Calvary Baptist Church, Fay-etteville, is seeking a full time wor-ship/student pastor, but would also consider filling this role with twopart-time staff pastors. Contact Kirk Shelton at (479) 442-4634. Resumes may be sent to the church at 1410 N. Porter Rd., Fayetteville 72703 or pastorkirk@icloud.com. Meadowside Baptist Church at Pittsburg, Kan., is seeking a pas-tor. For more information, contact Greg Hardister at (620) 704-6860 or gregh@pittks.org. Myrtle Springs Baptist Church at Quitman, Texas is seeking a pas-tor. Resumes may be sent to the church at 2185 FM 2225, Quitman, Texas 75783. Twin Oaks Baptist Church at Clarksville is seeking a bivocational pastor. Resumes may be sent to Pulpit Committee, P.O. Box 1306, Clarksville, AR 72830.

Talk to someone or read a book and find some ways to still get your point across without nagging. If you insist nothing will work, then seek biblical counseling. A happy man is a man married to a woman who holds down the time spent in brawling.

Conclusion These are perfect gifts your spouse would appreciate, but they are just the beginning. Keep giving gifts like this all year and the rest of your life together, and you will have a good marriage that glorifies the Lord. (Reprinted from Dec. 15, 2010 Baptist Trumpet)

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Editor’s Note: A few days ago, a very dear friend of mine, Sue Trost, came by the office to deliver a $500 gift to the Trumpet. Of course, it was deeply ap-preciated, but it’s the gifts she brought for Marene, Maddy and me that I want to share with you today. Inside a beautiful bag, each of us found an or-ange and the following story that ex-plained the gift: Jake was nine years old with tousled brown hair with blue eyes as bright as a heavenly angel. For as long as Jake could remem-ber, he had lived within the walls of a poor orphanage. He was just one of ten chil-dren supported by what meager contributions the orphan home could obtain in a continuous struggle seeking donations from townsfolk. There was very little to eat, but at Christmas time there always seemed to be a little more than usual to eat, the or-phanage seemed a little warmer and it was time for a little holiday enjoy-ment. But more than this, there was the Christmas orange! Christmas was the only time of year that such a rare treat was pro-vided, and it was treasured by each child like no other food. They en-joyed admiring it, feeling it, prizing it and slowly enjoying each juicy sec-tion. Truly, it was the light of each orphan’s Christmas and their best gift of the season. How joyful would be the moment when Jake received his orange! Unknown to him, Jake had somehow managed to track a small amount of mud on his shoes through the front door of the orphanage, muddying the new carpet. He hadn’t even noticed, and now it was too late and there was nothing he could do to avoid the punishment that was swift and unrelenting — Jake would not be given his Christmas orange! It was the only gift he would receive from the harsh world he lived in, yet after a year of waiting for his Christ-mas orange, is was to be denied him. Tearfully, Jake pleaded that he be forgiven and promised never to track mud into the orphanage again, but to no avail. He felt hopeless and totally rejected. Jake cried into his pillow all that night and spent Christmas Day feeling empty and alone. He felt that the other children didn’t want to be with a boy who had been punished in such a cruel way. Perhaps they feared he would ruin their only day of happiness. Maybe, he reasoned, the gulf between him and his friends existed because they feared he would ask for a little of their oranges. Jake spent the day upstairs, alone in the unheated dormitory. Huddled under his only blanket, he read about a family marooned on an island. Jake

The Christmas Orangewouldn’t mind spending the rest of his life on an isolated island, if he could only have a real family that cared about him. Bedtime came, and worst of all, Jake couldn’t sleep. How could he say his prayers? How could there be a God in Heaven that would al-low a little soul such as his to suf-fer so much all by himself ? Silently, he sobbed for the future of mankind that God might end the suffering in the world, both for himself and all others like him.

As he climbed back into bed from the cold, hard floor, a soft hand touched Jake’s shoulder, startling him momentarily and an object was silently placed in his hands. The giver disappeared into the darkness, leav-ing Jake with something he didn’t immediately recogize! Looking closely at it in the dim light, he saw that it looked like an or-ange! Not a regular orange, smooth and shiny, but a very special orange. Inside a patched together peel were the segments of nine other or-anges, making one whole orange for Jake! The nine other children in the orphanage had each donated one segment of their own precious or-anges to make a whole orange as a gift for Jake. The moral of this story is simple — sharing what we value most is the true spirit of Christmas, just as our Heavenly Father gave us His beloved Son. May we, like the children in the orphanage, find ways to share His love with others who are less blessed.

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4 Deuteronomy 13-16 5 Deuteronomy 17-19 6 Deuteronomy 20-22 7 Deuteronomy 23-25 8 Deuteronomy 26-28 9 Deuteronomy 29-31 10 Deuteronomy 32-34 11 Joshua 1-3 12 Joshua 4-6 13 Joshua 7-9 14 Joshua 10-12 15 Joshua 13-15 16 Joshua 16-18 17 Joshua 19-21 18 Joshua 22-24 19 Judges 1-4 20 Judges 5-8 21 Judges 9-12 22 Judges 13-15 23 Judges 16-18 24 Judges 19-21 25 Ruth 1-4 26 I Samuel 1-3 27 I Samuel 4-7 28 I Samuel 8-10 29 I Samuel 11-13 30 I Samuel 14-16 31 I Samuel 17-20

April 1 I Samuel 21-24 2 I Samuel 25-28 3 I Samuel 29-31 4 II Samuel 1-4 5 II Samuel 5-8 6 II Samuel 9-12 7 II Samuel 13-15 8 II Samuel 16-18 9 II Samuel 19-21 10 II Samuel 22-24 11 Psalms 1-3 12 Psalms 4-6 13 Psalms 7-9 14 Psalms 10-12 15 Psalms 13-15 16 Psalms 16-18 17 Psalms 19-21 18 Psalms 22-24 19 Psalms 25-27 20 Psalms 28-30 21 Psalms 31-33 22 Psalms 34-36 23 Psalms 37-39 24 Psalms 40-42 25 Psalms 43-45 26 Psalms 46-48 27 Psalms 49-51 28 Psalms 52-54 29 Psalms 55-57 30 Psalms 58-60

May 1 Psalms 61-63 2 Psalms 64-66 3 Psalms 67-69 4 Psalms 70-72 5 Psalms 73-75 6 Psalms 76-78 7 Psalms 79-81 8 Psalms 82-84 9 Psalms 85-87 10 Psalms 88-90 11 Psalms 91-93 12 Psalms 94-96 13 Psalms 97-99 14 Psalms 100-102 15 Psalms 103-105 16 Psalms 106-108 17 Psalms 109-111 18 Psalms 112-114 19 Psalms 115-118 20 Psalms 119 21 Psalms 120-123 22 Psalms 124-126 23 Psalms 127-129

24 Psalms 130-132 25 Psalms 133-135 26 Psalms 136-138 27 Psalms 139-141 28 Psalms 142-144 29 Psalms 145-147 30 Psalms 148-150 31 I Kings 1-4

June 1 Proverbs 1-3 2 Proverbs 4-7 3 Proverbs 8-11 4 Proverbs 12-14 5 Proverbs 15-18 6 Proverbs 19-21 7 Proverbs 22-24 8 Proverbs 25-28 9 Proverbs 29-31 10 Ecclesiastes 1-3 11 Ecclesiastes 4-6 12 Ecclesiastes 7-9 13 Ecclesiastes 10-12 14 Solomon 1-4 15 Solomon 5-8 16 I Kings 5-7 17 I Kings 8-10 18 I Kings 11-13 19 I Kings 14-16 20 I Kings 17-19 21 I Kings 20-22 22 II Kings 1-3 23 II Kings 4-6 24 II Kings 7-10 25 II Kings 11 — 14:20 26 Joel 1-3 27 II Kings 14:21-25 Jonah 1-4 28 II Kings 14:26-29 Amos 1-3 29 Amos 4-6 30 Amos 7-9

July 1 II Kings 15-17 2 Hosea 1-4 3 Hosea 5-7 4 Hosea 8-10 5 Hosea 11-14 6 II Kings 18-19 7 Isaiah 1-3 8 Isaiah 4-6 9 Isaiah 7-9 10 Isaiah 10-12 11 Isaiah 13-15 12 Isaiah 16-18 13 Isaiah 19-21 14 Isaiah 22-24 15 Isaiah 25-27 16 Isaiah 28-30 17 Isaiah 31-33 18 Isaiah 34-36 19 Isaiah 37-39 20 Isaiah 40-42 21 Isaiah 43-45 22 Isaiah 46-48 23 Isaiah 49-51 24 Isaiah 52-54 25 Isaiah 55-57 26 Isaiah 58-60 27 Isaiah 61-63 28 Isaiah 64-66 29 Micah 1-4 30 Micah 5-7 31 Nahum 1-3

August 1 II Kings 20-21 2 Zephaniah 1-3 3 Habakkuk 1-3 4 II Kings 22-25 5 Obadiah Jeremiah 1-2 6 Jeremiah 3-5 7 Jeremiah 6-8

8 Jeremiah 9-12 9 Jeremiah 13-16 10 Jeremiah 17-20 11 Jeremiah 21-23 12 Jeremiah 24-26 13 Jeremiah 27-29 14 Jeremiah 30-32 15 Jeremiah 33-36 16 Jeremiah 37-39 17 Jeremiah 40-42 18 Jeremiah 43-46 19 Jeremiah 47-49 20 Jeremiah 50-52 21 Lamentations 1-5 22 I Chronicles 1-3 23 I Chronicles 4-6 24 I Chronicles 7-9 25 I Chronicles 10-13 26 I Chronicles 14-16 27 I Chronicles 17-19 28 I Chronicles 20-23 29 I Chronicles 24-26 30 I Chronicles 27-29 31 II Chronicles 1-3

September 1 II Chronicles 4-6 2 II Chronicles 7-9 3 II Chronicles 10-13 4 II Chronicles 14-16 5 II Chronicles 17-19 6 II Chronicles 20-22 7 II Chronicles 23-25 8 II Chronicles 26-29 9 II Chronicles 30-32 10 II Chronicles 33-36 11 Ezekiel 1-3 12 Ezekiel 4-7 13 Ezekiel 8-11 14 Ezekiel 12-14 15 Ezekiel 15-18 16 Ezekiel 19-21 17 Ezekiel 22-24 18 Ezekiel 25-27 19 Ezekiel 28-30 20 Ezekiel 31-33 21 Ezekiel 34-36 22 Ezekiel 37-39 23 Ezekiel 40-42 24 Ezekiel 43-45 25 Ezekiel 46-48 26 Daniel 1-3 27 Daniel 4-6 28 Daniel 7-9 29 Daniel 10-12 30 Esther 1-3

October 1 Esther 4-7 2 Esther 8-10 3 Ezra 1-4 4 Haggai 1-2 Zechariah 1-2 5 Zechariah 3-6 6 Zechariah 7-10 7 Zechariah 11-14 8 Ezra 5-7 9 Ezra 8-10 10 Nehemiah 1-3 11 Nehemiah 4-6 12 Nehemiah 7-9 13 Nehemiah 10-13 14 Malachi 1-4 15 Matthew 1-4 16 Matthew 5-7 17 Matthew 8-11 18 Matthew 12-15 19 Matthew 16-19 20 Matthew 20-22 21 Matthew 23-25 22 Matthew 26-28

By Leslie B. Flynn The order in which the schedule lists the books is not the order in which they occur in the Bible, but is a chronological arrangement. The poetic and prophetic books of the Old Testament are inserted in the historical books at about the point in the narrative where they are thought to have been written. In like manner the epistles of the New Testament are inserted in the narrative of the books of Acts. While there is some difference of opinion as to details, the chronological arrangement used here is acceptable to leading conservative Bible scholars.

January 1 Genesis 1-2 2 Genesis 3-5 3 Genesis 6-9 4 Genesis 10-11 5 Genesis 12-15 6 Genesis 16-19 7 Genesis 20-22 8 Genesis 23-26 9 Genesis 27-29 10 Genesis 30-32 11 Genesis 33-36 12 Genesis 37-39 13 Genesis 40-42 14 Genesis 43-46 15 Genesis 47-50 16 Job 1-4 17 Job 5-7 18 Job 8-10 19 Job 11-13 20 Job 14-17 21 Job 18-20 22 Job 21-24 23 Job 25-27 24 Job 28-31 25 Job 32-34 26 Job 35-37 27 Job 38-42 28 Exodus 1-4 29 Exodus 5-7 30 Exodus 8-10 31 Exodus 11-13

February 1 Exodus 14-17 2 Exodus 18-20 3 Exodus 21-24 4 Exodus 25-27 5 Exodus 28-31 6 Exodus 32-34 7 Exodus 35-37 8 Exodus 38-40 9 Leviticus 1-4 10 Leviticus 5-7 11 Leviticus 8-10 12 Leviticus 11-13 13 Leviticus 14-16 14 Leviticus 17-19 15 Leviticus 20-23 16 Leviticus 24-27 17 Numbers 1-3 18 Numbers 4-6 19 Numbers 7-10 20 Numbers 11-14 21 Numbers 15-17 22 Numbers 18-20 23 Numbers 21-24 24 Numbers 25-27 25 Numbers 28-30 26 Numbers 31-33 27 Numbers 34-36 28 Deuteronomy 1-3

March 1 Deuteronomy 4-6 2 Deuteronomy 7-9 3 Deuteronomy 10-12

23 Mark 1-3 24 Mark 4-6 25 Mark 7-10 26 Mark 11-13 27 Mark 14-16 28 Luke 1-3 29 Luke 4-6 30 Luke 7-9 31 Luke 10-13

November 1 Luke 14-17 2 Luke 18-21 3 Luke 22-24 4 John 1-3 5 John 4-6 6 John 7-10 7 John 11-13 8 John 14-17 9 John 18-21 10 Acts 1-2 11 Acts 3-5 12 Acts 6-9 13 Acts 10-12 14 Acts 13-14 15 James 1-2 16 James 3-5 17 Galatians 1-3 18 Galatians 4-6 19 Acts 15 — 18:11 20 I Thessalonians 1-5 21 II Thessalonians 1-3 Acts 18:12 — 19:10 22 I Corinthians 1-4 23 I Corinthians 5-8 24 I Corinthians 9-12 25 I Corinthians 13-16 26 Acts 19:11 — 20:1 II Corinthians 1-3 27 II Corinthians 4-6 28 II Corinthians 7-9 29 II Corinthians 10-13 30 Acts 20:2 Romans 1-4

December 1 Romans 5-8 2 Romans 9-11 3 Romans 12-16 4 Acts 20:3 — 22 5 Acts 23-25 6 Acts 26-28 7 Ephesians 1-3 8 Ephesians 4-6 9 Philippians 1-4 10 Colossians 1-4 11 Hebrews 1-4 12 Hebrews 5-7 13 Hebrews 8-10 14 Hebrews 11-13 15 Philemon I Peter 1-2 16 I Peter 3-5 17 II Peter 1-3 18 I Timothy 1-3 19 I Timothy 4-6 20 Titus 1-3 21 II Timothy 1-4 22 I John 1-2 23 I John 3-5 24 II John III John Jude 25 Revelation 1-3 26 Revelation 4-6 27 Revelation 7-9 28 Revelation 10-12 29 Revelation 13-15 30 Revelation 16-18 31 Revelation 19-22

— American Tract Society

Through The Bible In A Year

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