What is faulty in this logic? 1. All believers are priests. 2. This means that women are priests as well as men. 3. Therefore, women can perform the same priestly functions in the church that men do. The first statement is true. In this dispensation, every true Christian is a priest of God. Each believer […]
You may have heard someone say, “I don’t understand why God loves me.” You may have had this thought about yourself. There are many reasons revealed in Scripture why God sets His love on the human race. God’s Character The underlying reason for God’s love to us is that His very character is love. God’s […]
Coming out of the reformation in the 1560s, Scotland had a long and hard struggle with England. Covenanters were Scottish patriots and believers of the 1500s and 1600s. They entered into covenants (agreements) with one another to resist being forced into other forms of worship and church government. Admittedly, some issues were political and nationalistic, […]
As we approach the crest of a small rise, the game trail we have been following fades out. The top of the knoll is a small meadow, where obviously the caribou have been feeding. As we reach the crest, a panorama of several square miles of lush Alaskan tundra opens before us. The area is […]
That the Lord will come a second time is as sure in the Word of God as the fact that He did come the first time. But why must He come again? If we understand the solid reasons for His coming again, it will not only give us a more certain hope but also a […]
Things were in a state of flux that first day of December last year as we gathered in the Yubileynaya Hotel dining area in Yaroslavl, Russia. This was to be our final meal together. The first group, who had been carrying on the work since the September Crusade, were about to embark for Moscow and […]
Today the Democratic Party has done about everything possible to alienate Bible-believing Christians–from materialistic economic programs to a stubborn defense of perversion and the murdering of the unborn. But it may surprise believers that the man largely responsible for setting the party in its liberal bent was a God-fearing, forthright believer. After the Civil War, […]
Private property seems ingrained in the fibre of our civilization. It was sanctioned by the Law which said, “Thou shalt not steal,” and “Thou shalt not covet.” The New Testament ratifies both those commandments. The gospel puts a check on avarice and profusion by insisting on the moral claims of others; but it never tells […]
According to the Book of Acts, Ephesus was highly favored among the churches founded by the apostle Paul. He gave two years’ residence at one stretch to that prosperous and strategic city. During that time there was an abundance of apostolic physical healing and exorcism of the demon possessed, insomuch that the goddess Diana, that […]