You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. — Deuteronomy 6:5 — Juan Antonio Ortega Montoya: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico We cannot separate this verse from the one preceding it, which begins with the confession that the Lord … Read More
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Loving the One God
Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! — Deuteronomy 6:4 — Juan Antonio Ortega Montoya: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico Jewish teachers have long considered this text the heart of the whole Law. In fact, this confession is so important that obedient Jews even in our own time … Read More
Getting it Right
But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. — Titus 2:1— Enrique Godoy Castillon: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico In this letter, Paul instructs his disciple and co-laborer, Titus, to correct the wrong doctrines and practices that had crept into the churches of Crete. First, Titus was to … Read More
The End Is Glory
… through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. — ROMANS 5:2 — Filiberto Angeles Dorantes: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico It is only by Jesus Christ’s work that we have unrestricted access, through faith, … Read More
A Diverse Unity
For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. — ROMANS 12:4-5 — Filiberto Angeles Dorantes: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico With this illustration, Paul … Read More
Unity: A Present Hope
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! — PSALM 133:1 — Israel Villanueva Castillo: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico Every nation has a national anthem that calls it to unity. Hatikva (Hebrew: “The Hope”) is Israel’s national anthem. The lyrics were written in 1878 by Naftali … Read More
Christian Love in the Face of Death
But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. — MATTHEW 5:44 — Jose Carlos Angeles Fernandez: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico In 1952, Jim Elliot, with great expectations, set out as a missionary to the Indians in Ecuador. A year and a half later he married his … Read More
Waiting on the Lord
I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, and in His word do I hope. — PSALM 130:5 — Rogelio Espinosa Huerta: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico Frequently, due to circumstances in our lives or sins we commit, we fall away from the straight path in life. When we wander and go astray … Read More
Latin America
Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico Evangelical Ministries of the Americas | Honduras While the majority of Latin America has historically been Catholic, Christian leaders in the region have recently observed what has been called a “quiet Reformation.” Many are turning from Catholicism to the gospel and the great need today is for … Read More
Quintessential Knowledge
… that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. — PHILIPPIANS 3:10–11 — Rogelio Espinosa Huerta: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico Paul wanted to know Christ. His identification … Read More
Joy That Fails and Faith That Lasts
Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. — Luke 8:13 — Hector Gerardo Romo García: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico In 1988, my church organized … Read More
Word of Grace Biblical Seminary
Mexico Mexico is a staunchly Roman Catholic nation, second only to Brazil in the number of Roman Catholic citizens. Yet many Mexicans have found faith in Christ and are looking to join Bible-teaching churches. In 1998, Word of Grace Biblical Seminary was launched in the heart of Mexico City to train up men for ministry in … Read More
Chosen and Equipped
You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. — John 15:16 — Mario Alvarez Rivero: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico … Read More
Faith and Sight
Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” And He said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on … Read More
Preventing Tunnel Vision
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. — Isaiah 55:8 — Jose Carlos Martinez Cristobal: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico Glaucoma is an illness that causes the gradual loss of the eye’s peripheral vision, usually in an imperceptible way. When the illness is … Read More
Banking on Contentment
Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU” — Hebrews 13:5 — James Donald Dowdy: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico It is easy to love money. … Read More
Restoration in the Family of God
Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself so that you too will not be tempted. — Galatians 6:1 — Julio Alfonso García Cruz: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico Biblical spirituality is opposed … Read More
Tender-Hearted Forgiveness
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. — Ephesians 4:32 — Enrique Godoy Castillon: Word of Grace Biblical Seminary | Mexico Ephesians begins with three chapters about who we are in Christ. The rest of the book explains, in light of these truths, … Read More
