There is a happy elderly couple now living at a retirement home in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I visited with them last week. They are the kind of souls that reflect the cheering rays of heaven’s light upon you because they live in the roseate hues of that Sonlit land. As he told me, “We pray […]
By early Fall in the “sunflower state” of Kansas where I live, millions of tons of wheat, corn, beans, and yes, sunflowers, have been produced by the incredible biological machine called a green plant. Peter Ray of Stanford University describes a plant in engineering terms as a “device for capturing the energy of sunlight and […]
In a Washington, DC, Policy Briefing entitled “Why Darwinism Matters” and presented on May 10, 2000, Nancy R. Pearcey reported on the influence of Darwinian thought as it affects life outside of the Science class. Here is a sample of what she said: Tracing out the implications of Darwinism for just about every area of […]
The Recognition of Elders Correspondence continues to arrive on this subject and more is welcome. It will be kept for future reference. Before turning now to another topic, it seems fitting to quote from one correspondent in full. Two of his points should be especially noted: the New Testament does not give exact examples or […]
“And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword” (Lev. 26:7-8). “Who is like unto thee, O people saved by […]
Many fields throughout our needy world are presented to us by the missionary-minded as “the most needy.” No one would think of North America as included in that list. But here are some startling facts: North America is one of the few continents where biblical Christianity is not growing faster than the population. The current […]
Pygmies Living in North America! (June, 2005) Nance and I raised our family in North Carolina and our favorite family activity was camping. We still believe the Lord used our camping experience in the Great Smokey Mountains to prepare us for the great work among the Pygmies. We learned so much from the Pygmies as […]
A correspondent asks: “What should be done if an assembly has an ‘elder’ who is obviously unfit for the work, errant, and stubborn? I cannot find any Scripture that provides guidance in such a case.” A somewhat similar situation appears in John’s third letter, and he knew how to deal with the offending individual. We […]
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” Matthew 5:13 “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, […]