Camp Hensel

Big Change Coming! Southwest Servant’s Academy has been a mainstay for the School’s summer schedule each June since Rick Brumback directed the school. This week-long academy exposes high school students to the rigors of studying at SWSBS. However, the June schedule has become too crowded with Camp Hensel and the School’s graduation. So this year, Southwest Servants’ Academy is going through some changes: Date: August 7-10 instead of the end of June. Timeframe: Thursday night – Sunday morning instead of…

When Noah built the ark, he was in the minority but he was right—and it rained!  When sold into slavery by his brothers Joseph was definitely “in the minority,” yet God blessed him for doing what was right! Though ridiculed by others, David slew Goliath because he acted according to God’s will. Christians are the minority: God calls us to preach like righteous Noah, so that lost ones may hear and heed His warning! We must teach so that even…

In this study through the book of James, we have seen much concerning the tongue and the responsibility of being a teacher. James records for us the severity of teaching, and how those who take on this weighty responsibility will receive a stricter judgment. James further discusses the positive and negative power of the tongue, and how the Christian must be consistent with this great member of the body. James paints a beautiful word picture for us concerning this very…

“The tongue is in the middle of everything whether good or bad.” (Robert R. Taylor) James chapter 3 is entirely devoted to the power of the tongue. The ability we have to communicate in words can be a tremendous blessing or a horrific curse to the hearers (Pro. 18:21). The assigned context highlights how unnatural it is for professed believers in God to have a language that does not mesh with what they claim to believe. Seven times Jesus identifies…