The Unknown God
The summer was drawing to a close. The late-night ferry crossing from Newhaven, England, to Dieppe, France, was jammed with college students returning to the Continent. There seemed to be no end to the creativity expressed by my fellow travellers...
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Is the Bible Reliable?
That the Scriptures are completely accurate and reliable is evident to those who study them, but the critic still points to alleged discrepancies and apparent inaccuracies. Is it so? True, there might be copyist errors without endangering even one doctrine....
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The Joys of Bible Study
I was recently visiting a young university student, and during my stay, he took me into his study to show me his notebooks. I examined with pleasure scores of neatly written little volumes representing months of careful research in biology,...
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In Defense of Doctrine
Today, even within those churches who consider themselves to be fundamental and evangelical, the emphasis on doctrine is kept to a minimum. The argument is brought forth that doctrine does not have to do with the significant matters of life...
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The New Testament Style of Arguing
Much of the New Testament, especially Paul's epistles, uses the method of argument to teach. Argument is a style that probes the mind by facts, reason, and questions to draw out one's thinking. When a writer such as Paul the...
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The Proper Use of Typology
So infinitely glorious is God, so wondrous are His works, so exalted is His majesty, and so marvelous is His love for humankind, that He has brought into play every device of human language to reveal Himself to us. Statements...
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The Old Testament and its Levels
It is helpful to realize that the Scriptures, especially in the Old Testament, have at least four levels of understanding. For example, a young person in school might be introduced to math--simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Later, he discovers...
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Why Study Prophecy?
To anyone who knows anything at all about the Bible, it should be evident that we are living in prophetic times during which the stage for God's future program is rapidly being set for the fulfillment of long-promised events. One...
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Four Keys to Unlocking Prayer
When the disciples asked the Lord Jesus to teach them to pray, He was not finished teaching when He gave them the famous model prayer recorded in Matthew 6. He would teach them by example, praying all night under the stars...
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