Births
December 12, 2022 - to Robyn (Wesseling, Assoc. ’05) and Jerry McElyea, a daughter, Flora Elinor.
January 30, 2023 - to Ben (ABM/B.Th. ’20) and Lydia (Violette, ABM/B.Th. ’20) Coolidge, a son, Silas Jude.
January 30, 2023 - to Candace (Rushton ’09) and Sam Stranks, a daugther, Hannah Faith.
March 1, 2023 - to Collin (ABM/B.Th. ’18) and Vashti (Potter, ABM/B.Th. ’18), a son, Seamus Royce Myles.
Homegoings
William Gallant, Jr., NBBI graduate of 1969, was promoted to Glory on August 28, 2022. Please pray for his wife Suzette (Walls, ’69) and their family.
Robert “Bobby” Borden Somers, NBBI graduate of 1963, was promoted to Glory on February 5, 2023. Please pray for his sons, Richard “Ricky” (Rainne), and Robert “Robby” (Marie Josee) and his stepchildren, Maureen (Rick), David (Joanne), Scott (Barb), Janet (Dave), Christine (Don), Elizabeth, Angela (John), and Jennifer and their extended families.
Earl Edward Colson, NBBI graduate of 1957, entered into the presence of his Lord and Saviour on February 9, 2023. Pray for his wife Nancy (Dow, ’59) and their children, Earl, Thomas (Beverly), Sharon (attended ’82-’84) (Kevin) Kirk, Jonathan (Kerry), Mark (’88) (Susan), Samuel (attended ’89-90), Aminta (David) Matthews, Nathan (’96) (Rebecca), and Adam (Assoc. ’96) (Johanna) and their extended families.
Is God calling you to consider Bible School training? No matter what He may be leading you to do with your life, a foundation in biblical truth should be the starting point. At NBBI you will learn God’s Word, get opportunities to put your faith into practice, build lasting friendships, and be involved in regular discipleship. Why not consider joining us for our upcoming College for A Day. Meet our staff and students, sit in on classes, enjoy great food and fellowship and discover the amazing place NBBI is. Register today!
Vacation
with a Vision
April
6-8,
CHAPEL SPEAKERS
April 13-14
April 20, 21
Shelley Stone
Mission Go
Frank Roe
Crossworld Canada
nbbi.ca/cfad
2023
Have you ever considered how you might be able to partner with NBBI in helping train today the leaders of tomorrow? If you have some time and a willing heart, we can put you to work. Every year we host Vacation with a Vision, which is an opportunity for God’s people to come to our campus and help us complete some much-needed summer projects. Our facilities are necessary components of our training program. Students enjoy the many improvements we have made to our campus over the years and many of those projects have been completed through our Vacation with a Vision program. Whether you can come for a day, a few days, or a week, we can use your help. We will house you, feed you, and provide you with opportunities to meet other believers and enjoy great fellowship. We also have a children’s program throughout the day for kids age 5-12. We would love for you to prayerfully consider joining us.
FOCUS
BY DAVID GOUPILLEOur Financial Goal: $40,000. Projects: - Complete the renovation of both bathrooms in Liberty Hall (Ladies’ dorm). This will complete our multiphase dorm project which began in 2019.
- Build an addition onto the dining hall for much needed storage for tables, chairs, kitchen equipment, etc.
- Process the wood needed for our outdoor wood furnace for the winter of 2023-2024.
Questions And Concerns
One of the most surprising perks of pastoral ministry is the opportunity to think through questions that arise as people read through their Bibles. Often, it begins like this. The phone rings, and somebody says, “Pastor, I was reading in such and such a place in my Bible and I noticed this word. What does it mean when the Bible says…?”
Over the years, the Lord has allowed this to happen on a frequent basis. It is never an interruption of time to think through those questions with my friends. One day not too long ago, I got three of those kinds of calls in one morning. One of those discussions ended with a direct and clear answer. The other questions were really left unresolved, but with more fodder for thought.
his hearers, was a masterful, reasoned approach by which Paul could proclaim the gospel. After all, the philosophers said, “We want to know what these things mean.” (Acts 17:20).
I began thinking about these conversations. Are there some guidelines that can help keep the talks productively on course? Here are some thoughts that have occurred to me:
1) The only infallible guide we have for knowing and understanding truth is Scripture (2 Timothy 3:15-17). What the commentary writer said is far less authoritative than what the Bible says.
2) Some of the best clues to finding answers are in the actual nitty-gritty of the Biblical text. All of it is significant (Matthew 5:18). Jesus said even the small details matter.
the volume of the book is written of me” (Psalm 40:7; Hebrews 10:7). Look for Him.
Our days are filled with all kinds of conversations. The best ones are centred around God and His Word. I trust that you have walked away from a talk and said, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us ...while He opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32).
May we pray that the Lord gives us opportunities to have talks like that with people. May we ever search the Scriptures for the answers. May the Holy Spirit guide our words and thoughts that we would see and understand the truth. May that understanding lead us to see and know the Lord better than we did at the beginning of the conversation.
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In the book of Acts, Paul got into a situation on Mars Hill where the Lord put him in a place described this way: “For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or hear some new thing.” (Acts 17:21). What followed for Paul and
3) We’ve got to be able to differentiate between things that are critical and things that are not. Paul warned us about debates that are non-productive (Titus 3:9-11).
4) Don’t go looking to merely increase your knowledge. Go looking for how the Lord has revealed Himself in the text. The Psalmist, and the writer of Hebrews quoted the Lord Jesus as saying that “in
