His Choice or Ours?
Why settle for half of the truth? A fresh look at Psalm 47. We begin with God’s choice. He is the Creator and Sovereign of the universe. Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the...
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Forensic Universe
A cosmic whodunit The Hardy Boys mystery books were a favorite of mine in my pre-teen years. By close observation and deductive reasoning from fragmented facts, Joe and Frank always solved the mystery and caught the bad guy. Their real life...
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Practical Ways to Support Missionaries
How can we help? A few months ago, I e-mailed several missionaries asking for their ideas about assembly support of missionaries. Their ages ranged from missionaries in their first year of service to one sister in her 90’s. I received 47...
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Fish Food
Beware the Cartoon Diet. There are often news stories promoting causes like animal rights, whaling bans, or vegetarian diets. The tone of these reports attempts to place advocates of these issues on a higher moral and ethical plain than those who...
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Blue Chip Investments
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...
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In the Beginning…
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....
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So Great Salvation
"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...
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Spiritual Signs and Symptoms
What can sickness teach us? Babies cry because they cannot say what is wrong or where it hurts. Crying is thus a visible and audible symptom of an underlying problem. Hunger or wetness can be dealt with easily, but, if crying...
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