Careful! That book is alive! If Paul visited your assembly for a time, and then wrote an epistle to you all, what would it say? It shouldn’t surprise us that the early believers “turned the world upside down.” After all, they had the promised co-laboring of the Son of God, who would be with them […]
Atheism yields to reason It was a long journey from denial to discovery, but the journey isn’t over yet. After seventy years of following where the evidence led, prominent atheist philosopher Antony Flew announced in 2004 that he had finally “discovered God.” The announcement rocked the world of fundamentalist atheism to its core. Now, in […]
Participants in the mystery As fellow members of the body, we are to share in all the privileges and responsibilities of body function. Paul’s letter to the saints in Ephesus turns our hearts to the heaven lies where we are seated with Christ. From this balcony view, we see the church as a bride, as […]
Training for reigning There are two things in [Romans 8:17] associated with being a fellow heir of Christ. The first is suffering and the second is glory. I am a state champion football player. I accomplished this wonderful feat in 1989 when the Jr. Blues of Washburn Rural took the field and completed an undefeated […]
“…truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” (1 Jn 1:3b) There is something rather warm and heartening in the term “fellow.” A man who is my fellow is, at some level, my neighbour and certainly a peer. A man whom I choose to describe as a fellow anything is […]
How important to be an example to both family and flock! One of the requirements of an elder is that he be a man who manages his own household well (1 Tim. 3:4). Faithful in little, faithful in much. So the Lord instructs that we should wait until a man is capable of leading his […]
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Deliver us from evil Paul is not speaking of the sins (plural) that each of us may sadly sometimes fall into, but rather he is asking whether the believer in Christ is under the dominion or rule of sin. The title of this article is provoked by a study of a frequently misunderstood question raised […]
Do we yearn for His company? He longs for ours. Christianity is about sharing. People often focus on the importance of sharing with others, forgetting that, first and foremost, the gospel tells us of a God who shares with His redeemed ones. While it is important to give to others, one must never neglect the […]
The fellowship of His sufferings The history of the Christian church is one of suffering. Perhaps some of us lose sight of this in our pleasant homes, our peaceful countries, and our comfortable lives. But the sort of peace and plenty that many of us enjoy today is very much the exception, not the rule. […]