Archive for February 2016
Euthanasia: Compassion or Control?
Gordon Dickson The issue of ‘assisted suicide’ is in the headlines in Canada, as the new Liberal government is contemplating legislation opening the nation to the ‘right’ to end one’s life. The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, at one point insisted that his party members must vote with the government on the issue, but has since…
Read MoreHoly, Holy, Holy
Edited from the files of Grace W. Haight by Guye Johnson Holy, holy, holy, Lord ‘God Almighty! Early in the morning our songs shall rise to Thee; Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and Mighty! God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity!
Read MoreStraight Cuts: Anxious for Nothing, In Prayer for Everything (Phil 4.6-7)
Ron Allen Every human being has burdens. Some have greater burdens than others, but no one is exempt. One’s burdens can take a toll on his peace of mind unless he deals with them Scripturally. How does God want the believer to handle his problems? Is it possible for one to keep the peace of…
Read MoreThe Missionary’s Task and Qualifications
David Shumate As a young person I was an avid sports fan. Once I heard the wry observation that if the object of basketball were to get the ball into a hole in the floor, then the highest paid players would all be four feet tall. As humorous a mental picture as this may generate,…
Read MoreReasons for Disabilities
A Biblical Explanation Amy Crane Why did God allow this disability to happen?" "Why does God allow people to endure severe physical and emotional pain?" These are common questions that nonbelievers and Christians alike ask after learning, for example, that someone has been diagnosed with cancer, paralysis, depression, or a chronic illness. Christians sometimes think…
Read MoreGod’s Provision of the Lamb
Otis Holmes And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt· offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering; so they…
Read MoreWindows: The Power of the Overcoming Life
Jeff Musgrave This edition of “Windows” illustrates the power and function of the overcoming nature of the Christian Life found in the Greek words nike, nikos, and nikao. The Presupposition of Scripture —Built in Victory “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us” (Romans 8:37). “But thanks be…
Read MorePromoting Sobriety in a Culture of Fun
Don Johnson In the 2012 Introduction to Ken Myers’ book, All God’s Children & Blue Suede Shoes, he discusses some of the propositions his book contains. I was struck by this remark about pop culture, wherein he begins with a quote from the first printing of his book, made in 1989:
Read MorePartakers of Christ’s Sufferings
John Vaughn Around 80 years ago1 the term “Fundamentalism” was coined to distinguish true, Bible-believing Christianity from the perversion that was replacing it in the major denominations. Darwinian evolutionary theory and German rationalist theology were eroding belief in absolute truth and replacing it with relativism. By the 1920s the damage was so extensive that those…
Read MoreStraight Cuts: Good Principle, Wrong Text
Layton Talbert “But he knoweth the way that I take; when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold” (Job 23:10). Job 23:10 has traditionally been used to express a Scriptural truth that has comforted and encouraged countless believers: God knows all we are going through and intends it only to strengthen and…
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