News and Views

July 1, 2021

PBI News Pastoral Bible Institute Annual Report for Fiscal 2021 The Directors of the Pastoral Bible Institute (PBI) and the Editors of our publication, The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom, rejoice to have served another year in the work of the vineyard (Matthew 20:7). This year was marked from beginning to end by the focus on the global pandemic. It created many challenges for the work, and resulted in almost no in-person contact with our fellow workers, even locally. We are grateful for […]

Today In Prophecy

July 1, 2021

Kidnapping and Ransomware “If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you”(Deuteronomy 24:7). The abduction of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 during a raid by armed bandits in February occurred at the Government Girls Science Secondary School, a boarding school in Jangebe (also rendered as Dengebe), in Zamfara State, Nigeria. It […]

The Invisible Line

July 1, 2021

Guided by Godly Principles The following is an excerpt from Reprint 336. The restraint of the Gospel is the most perfect liberty. A divine hand holds us from evil that we may be free to do good. When I was a child my nearest neighbor had occasion to repair some breaks in the roof of one of his barns. So he sent his “hired man” aloft to do the work. There was not a sign of any staging built nor so much […]

Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land

July 1, 2021

Restoration of What was Lost “Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you;and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family” […]

Man’s Quest for Freedom

July 1, 2021

People with a Vision “If you want to know the value of freedom, ask people who only dream of having it” (Frank Sonnenberg). Many people with vision and courage have struggled for freedom from various oppressors. Some have turned to violence while others practiced peaceful protest. The struggle began when mankind fell into the prison house of sin. Within its walls were the smaller restraints of bigotry and greed. The wealthy oppressed the poor, while one race enslaved another. Along the way […]