Ask One who was there. Francis Schaeffer begins his book on the rise and decline of modern Western thought and culture by considering ancient Rome and the Greek influences on its culture and thinking.1 Among these were the 4th century B.C. writings of the Greek philosopher Aristotle who believed that the earth was at the […]
Be careful what you eat (2 Kings 4:38-41)! As the return of the Lord draws near, the need for spiritual discernment among Christians is of the utmost importance. The devil knows that his time is short, and, as the last days come to a close, he will utilize every weapon in his arsenal to waylay […]
Instructions for the care and preservation of elders People never visit the elders!” Familiar words perhaps, but seldom heard in that order. “‘People never visit the elders,’ you say. Why should we? They are the ones who are supposed to do the visiting.” But, as part of a spiritual family, do we not have a […]
Will the younger generation support commended workers? The question that motivated this article is whether assembly believers now in their twenties and thirties will continue to support commended workers as previous generations did. But we might also ask whether assemblies have been as diligent in training the saints to support commended workers as they have […]
Renewing our commitment to God Josiah was the sixteenth king of Judah, 18 generations from David. When he came to the throne, the northern kingdom of Israel had already been swept away by the Assyrians. His southern kingdom of Judah was not far from a similar judgment of the Lord. Judah had seen times of […]
It’s my impression that not many are. But why? Do thoughts of the Judgment Seat bring you feelings of encouragement or trepidation? It could be that we are slacking in spiritual things, spending our days playing Monopoly with our God-given resources, forgetting, as has been said, that it’s all going back in the box. If […]
There is a way back to God. For 70 years, the tribe of Judah languished in Babylon under the disciplinary hand of God. But the Lord had prescribed the limits of the captivity through Jeremiah, who wrote, “And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king […]
How does the Lord revive a church? When was the last time you heard of a church repenting? Not an unbeliever repenting and turning to Christ for salvation. Not a Christian repenting in order to go on for the Lord. But a local church? Such an event is so rare that even the thought of […]
Blowing our cover In 1970, the United States Marshals Service established the Witness Protection Program. Recognizing that the dangers of testifying would frighten many witnesses into silence, the program was designed to encourage witnesses to testify by providing them with new names, new identities, and new homes to protect them from intimidation prior to their […]