The evangelist must remember that it is not the government that gives him the right to preach publicly. That right comes to us from the One who said, “All authority is given unto Me in heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore . . . ” So when it comes to the when and where […]
The apostle Paul refused to take anything for his support from the saints at Corinth, but he gladly took what was sent from the Philippian church. What was the reason? There was a great difference between the two. In the church at Corinth, there were some who thought that they had as good a right […]
Who will fill the gap? This ringing challenge completed the biography of a brother just recently gone to glory. For many years, the man had held a responsible job at a large firm. He had raised a family and had also been, at various times in his life, a Sunday School teacher, a young people’s […]
I was brought up in the Roman Catholic religion and was an altar boy in the church of that faith. I tell you this because I want you to know that I had a “Christian” upbringing. Such religion did me little good in the years ahead. When I was about fourteen years old, after graduating […]
In 2010, the first of the “baby boom” generation (those born between 1946 and 1961) will become senior citizens. The Western world braces itself for the coming old-age crisis. According to Joyce T. Berry, U. S. Commissioner on Aging, “Within the next 40 years, the number of older persons in the U. S. will more […]
We have a growing reverence for the aged. It ever was and is a characteristic of Jewish religious life to honor the aged. It is a touching and beautiful sight to view one in the sunset of life, waiting at the brink of the river for the parting of the waves. The heart yet brave; […]
The middle-aged might complain with some justice that the Church makes no special provision for them. The lambs of the flock are well shepherded; the problems of youth we are never allowed to forget. Old age receives the consideration it deserves; but those who have reached middle life are largely left to their own resources, […]
In Mark 2, we see four men bearing a fifth to the Lord for help. Notice how they dealt with the obstacles they encountered on the way. Nothing deterred their resolute determination to accomplish their task, namely, to bring a needy soul to Christ. The very first wall was the crowd, the press. This would […]
There are no Methuselahs among men today. Even those who live the longest are junior to Jacob, who at the age of a hundred and thirty declared that his years had been few (Gen. 47:9). There are many, however, who in the language of the Bible, are “well stricken in years.” We can say with […]