It’s the last week of 2009. 51 weeks, 361 days, 8,664 hours, 519,840 minutes, and 31,190,400 seconds have elapsed. How did you spend your time this year?

If you could rewind back to the beginning of this year, what things might you have done differently? What things would you do again? What things do you regret doing?

Perhaps you started a new hobby, tried a different career, changed the format of your monthly magazine (we did at VIG!), finished college, got married, or retired. . .

Maybe you led someone to Christ, worked at a homeless shelter, or served the needy at a food pantry. . .read more »

Christmas is here, but whatever happened to “Silent Night”? Everyone is in a frantic rush to go a-shopping. With stockings to be hung, carols to be sung, and baking to be done, there’s not much time left for quietude. I submit to you that we ought to quit rushing and start hushing. It is in the stillness of this season Christ speaks.read more »

What a time we had this weekend! Between Saturday and Sunday, the Quentin Road Bible Baptist Church hosted thousands of people during four sensational performances of The Giftgiver, our annual Christmas pageant.

Each performance began with a unique rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” sung and dramatized by the Jr. High and high school students from Quentin Road and Westchester Christian Schools. Nothing beats the experience of actually seeing a partridge singing in a pear tree.read more »

Merry Christmas! I’m just saying it now for all the times it doesn’t get said this time of year. Ever since the name of Christ became taboo, Merry Christmas has become “Happy Holidays!” People don’t seem to understand the Reason for the season anymore.

Things were no better on the very first Christmas. Throngs of people pushed and shoved their way into Jewish bazaars to trade with merchants. Shopkeepers negotiated for the highest bidders on their wares. Families crowded the inns and places of lodging. Life was busy in Bethlehem on that night. No one seemed to notice the Savior’s birth.read more »

What is that music I hear? That’s right — it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! We’re excited about our upcoming Christmas Pageant at Quentin Road. The pageantry begins Saturday, December 12th and concludes Sunday, December 20th. We plan to have seven sold-out performances over two weekends.read more »

Of over 370 million Americans celebrating Thanksgiving this Thursday, how many are truly thankful? Can you be counted in that number?

What difference does it make if you cook the perfect turkey, but spoil the Thanksgiving atmosphere for your guests by your impatient attitude?

Think on these things:read more »

This week marks the third full month of school since classes started at Dayspring Bible College in August. We are excited to see a record number of incoming students: we have 25 freshmen this year. Six of these are foreign students from Thailand, Mexico, Venezuela, and the Philippines. The other 19 traveled here from all over the United States: New York, Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin, and Illinois.

God has greatly blessed our school year. The students look forward to Thanksgiving Break next weekend. They will head home and enjoy Thanksgiving festivities with their families. read more »

An elderly farmer and his wife interviewed a prospective farmhand who sought a job. Among the young man’s qualifications, he claimed he could sleep through a violent storm. The farmer and his wife didn’t understand what he meant by the statement, but they liked him and gave him the job.read more »