By Lynn D. Headrick I hope that the reader will derive as much joy and profit from the reading of this article as I have received from the preparation of it. I have been preaching the gospel for forty years and must confess that I have preached much more on God and Christ than I have…
by Mike Willis In the past few months, I have been faced with meeting and knowing more people than normal who have had more than their share of suffering. I know of at least two women much like Dorcas of Acts 9 who have met an untimely and premature death. One child in the congregation…
Edgar J. Dye My purpose herein is three-fold. First, to define “miracle” as used in the New Testament. Second, to demonstrate my faith in and acceptance of the miraculous as found in the New Testament. And third, to refute the modern-day miracle-worker’s claims that miracles such as the baptism of the Holy Spirit, tongue-speaking, physical…
I can honestly say my views on Father’s Day changed markedly when we started to research educating our children at home. A speaker at our first homeschool convention talked about things that I knew were important but was not hearing from any other source. Things such as fathers stepping up and taking responsibility for overseeing…
As we were studying Job I ran across the mention of the constellations in Job 38: 31 {the Pleiades and Orion mentioned specifically). I began to consider the origin of the names for the constellations and who set the specific stars to be included. If we assume Job to be a contemporary of Abraham he…
Johnie Edwards Many blessings are found in things which we do not enjoy. There is a passage in the Old Testament which declares a principle that men need to remember. “It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all…
Donald Willis Worship is “courtesy or reverence paid to worth; hence, honor; respect.” (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, pg. 988). There is in man an innate quality, which causes him to recognize and pay homage to Deity. There are varying degrees of homage paid, but basically man is a worshipper. Worship is accomplished in more than…
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Romans 15:4 One of the most important words in the Bible may be this little four letter word Hope. The Scriptures are God’s gift to us for the purpose of establishing…
By Connie W. Adams In spite of the claim of some that “the days of gospel meetings are over”, congregations continue to have them. Reports in bulletins and other periodicals indicate that some meetings are productive of much good while others seem to have little good effect. It seems that in the last few years there…
J. Wiley Adams The family meal is an occasion that can help to unify the family. Memories of pleasant times around the table for me are very pronounced. This is true whether I look back to my own boyhood days or whether I consider the matter in terms of my own family, children and grandchildren….