I was born on the mission field. As an MK, I had the opportunity to observe up close the Naidanac (nay-da-nak) tribal group among which my parents serve. Many of them are nomads, foraging for areas with greener grass, which always seem to be at some distance from their homes. Their tribal dress changes with […]
In 1 Corinthians 8:4-7, in reference to idols, the Apostle Paul wrote: “Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there […]
Recently, on the same day, I had two separate conversations with believers, each unknown to the other. They were from two different assemblies, from two different cities, from two different countries. Yet they observed the same problem in their home assembly. It was, in their view, an apparently careless way in which believers were received […]
To reach Roman Catholics, they must be personally convinced they are lost. Sadly, in Evangelical circles there is a growing trend to accept Catholicism as a viable Christian church. Key evangelical leaders write with sympathy and respect of the Vatican and current pope. Was the Reformation a mistake? Has the Catholic church changed in its […]
The onset of the world-wide missionary outreach of the assemblies began rather unpretentiously on a misty warfside in Gravesend, England, on June 12, 1829. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Norris Groves and their family sailed for St. Petersburg, Russia, en route to Baghdad. Mr. Groves had been associated with the small group of brethren in Dublin, […]
What would you think of a liege lord who, being repeatedly attacked by an enemy at a weak spot in his defenses, failed to move his troops into the gap? Why does the devil keep using the same tactics against us? Because they work! Why alter your strategy when it is devastating your foe? The […]
Four incidents, the most extreme of their class, serve to illustrate how Christ’s nature was impervious to sin. Physical Defilement (Lk. 5:12-13): The “man full of leprosy,” who sought healing from the Lord, represents the worst form of that most loathsome of all physical diseases, yet the Lord Jesus did not hesitate to “put forth […]
The apostle Paul warned the believers at Corinth to be spiritually alert, not being ignorant of the devil’s “devices” lest he take advantage of them (2 Cor. 2:11). Although they had been established in the faith, this gifted but immature assembly was admonished to be wary of the devil’s strategies so that he would not […]