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 […]
Revive us again! When we speak of revival, we mean “an extraordinary work of God in which Christians repent of their sins as they become intensely aware of His presence in their midst, and they manifest a positive response to God in renewed obedience to the known will of God, resulting in both a deepening […]
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 […]
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 […]
In summer and winter, both sowing and reaping, in season and out of season It was a bitterly cold day when pioneer evangelist Richard Varder arrived in Punnichy, SK, a village 80 miles (128 km) north of Regina. In his words, it was a place “where there seemed to be no living testimony for God.” […]
Aimless wandering is not leadership. If we aim at nothing, we will undoubtedly achieve it. Shepherds ought to have immediate goals for the assembly and a long term plan. They should be men of vision. This writer thinks they should have a meeting every six months in which the only thing on the agenda is, […]
“The glorious gospel of the blessed (happy) God” (1 Tim. 1:11). I. Salvation is found in receiving a Person: “But we preach Christ crucified” (1 Cor. 1:23). “I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day” (2 Tim. 1:12). […]
Books that could light your fire. You can tell when the author of a book not only believes what he writes, but also has a passion for the subject. That’s how it is with the two books being reviewed in this column. TAKE THE CHALLENGE: The Life of George D. Campbell by George Campbell and […]
“there they dwelt with the king for his work” (1 Chron. 4:23) The Chroniclers lived in the fourth century before Christ. They were, one may suppose, scribes of the order instituted by Ezra. Here and there, in the dry enumeration of names, we find an interjected sentence which lends itself to a spiritual application. As […]