During 1948 there occurred two historic events of special interest to Bible students, namely, the rebirth of Israel as a nation and the formation of the World Council of Churches. More importantly to me, however, 1948 was also the year in which I stepped into full-time service for the Lord, believing He would both guide […]
“All dollar dealings suspended.” The message of the telegram was clear and it was enough to strike a cold, gnawing fear into any heart. The year was 1929, the time of the stock market crash. Six years before, Wallace and Ruth Logan had left their family and friends and also a thriving electrical contracting business […]
William MacDonald, in his Foreword to Take the Challenge, the book from which this article is excerpted, wrote of his friend George Campbell: “There was something truly apostolic about his ministry. Together with his co-workers, he had seen a number of assemblies planted in Newfoundland and Labrador in the space of 30 years. I am […]
How many days in your life are truly memorable? A landmark anniversary here; a special birthday there; a graduation or retirement. Hopefully for the believer there are days of significant dealings with God—our Peniels and Elims and Bethels and Hebrons, our times of wrestling and refreshing and revelation. God help us to raise up cairns […]
Singing: This is a wonderful part of the Lord’s Supper. If you read through the Psalms, you see that singing was a large part of the worship experience then as well. Singing can lend an element of unity to a gathering—binding us together in common thoughts. It can stir your heart in devotion. However, it […]
“According to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 3:11). According to this verse, God has an eternal purpose. Some translations will call it “the purpose of the ages.” From eternity past, there was nothing haphazard about what happened. The Lord did not see Israel rejecting His Son, and say “Look at […]
Who is the Church? The church is composed of those “who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 1:2). They are “God’s people” (1 Pet. 2:10). The Bible calls them “saints” (Phil. 5), “believers” (1 Cor. […]
Jeff Johnson: I grew up in a non-Christian home and was saved as a senior in college. I spent the next two years in a fundamental Bible church before making what I consider one of the greatest discoveries I’ve ever made—the New Testament assembly. For the last two years of my schooling I was in […]
How is it that the Blessed Hope came to us through the twists and turns of history? Today most of the visible leaders in the evangelical movement hold to a futuristic view of prophecy. By futuristic, I mean the view that most of the book of Revelation is yet to be fulfilled. Prominent radio preachers […]