There are two fundamental questions on the issue of imminency. First, did the New Testament saints believe in it? And second, what does imminence really mean? The first question should be easy to answer. If the New Testament believers were waiting expectantly for the Lord to return, surely it would say so in the epistles. […]
The Christian’s hope of the Lord’s return is a certain hope, “an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast,” a hope “laid up in the heavens”; “He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.” But more than this, it is a practical hope, influencing every part of the life, energizing and purifying it. […]
Just about half-way between the time that Malachi laid down his pen, closing off the Old Testament, and the moment when the living Word would appear on earth, a boy was born in far-off China. Qin Shi Huang (259-210 bc) in his fifty eventful years is credited with unifying China and is recognized as the […]
Let me begin by apologizing to those whose announcements in the Front Lines section of this magazine are past due. I hope it doesn’t affect those who attended your conference and trust the Lord blessed your event in spite of my tardiness. (This might be a good spot to remind all those who send in […]
The present land of Iraq straddles the ancient river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. In fact one of its old names was Mesopotamia, meaning “the land between the rivers.” The region’s earliest mention is found in the Bible’s very first account of geographical locations, giving the names of the four waterways that branched from […]
I have had merely a taste from the vast smorgasbord of emotions, impressions, and experiences that are China. So this brief assessment will give you only a fleeting glimpse of the land and its people. My intention is not to give you a detailed travelog but some facts that may help you in your prayer […]
Not long after arriving in Ireland in 1984, I heard a speaker at the YMCA say that when he had become a Christian in the late 1960’s the real test whether a person was accepted as a true Christian or not was if they knew Reggie Fry. It was thought that if they knew Reggie […]
How well I remember attending conferences in my youth when in my heart there was nothing but an undefined longing, a vague spiritual hunger for something I didn’t have. If you had asked me why I was attending, I would have been hard pressed to tell you. It was more than the crowd of like-minded […]
Most of us spend the greater part of our waking hours at work. Here we interact on a continuous basis with many people from all walks of life. They observe us as we do our daily tasks and form their own impression of who we are and what we stand for. It is perhaps not […]