Philoxenia
No, its not an exotic flower, although it is not common and its beauty and fragrance are a delight to those who find it. It is also one of the things in which God takes a great delight. Philoxenia means "love...
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Hubble Trouble
A few years ago, the US government authorized the expenditure of billions of dollars in public funds to build and put in space the most spectacular telescope ever devised. But, alas, it didn't work. The first trouble with Hubble was...
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Provoking Christians
The word "paroxysm" is the term used in Hebrews 10:24 (paroxusmos) to speak of the "stimulating alongside" that should be practiced by Christians to motivate others to love and good works. The word is utilized only one other time in the...
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Snowed Under
Buffalo, New York, sits at the east end of Lake Erie. The windward end. The prevailing winds sweep across the 9,910 square mile (25,670 sq. km.) expanse of the lake and, drawing up moisture as they travel, are more than...
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Spiritual Gifts
Chapters 12-14 of 1 Corinthians were intended to instruct believers who had fallen into error regarding the gifts. The sign-gifts were being magnified out of all proportion to their true importance to the assembly. The gifts for help and edification,...
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The Grace of Giving
Many who revere the Bible are sometimes quite rigid with their second most important book...the bank book. Nothing is so practical a test of our love for Christ and His work as our attitude to money and personal possessions. What a...
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The Way to Fulfillment
Most of us sincerely want the full life but we don't want the steps that lead to it. We want the crown but not the cross. We want the throne of glory but are unwilling to ascend the altar of...
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A Clear Choice
Hebrews 11 brings the varied phases of faith before us, and in verses 24 through 30 we have the "refusing, choosing, esteeming, and forsaking" of Moses, the man of God. The Refusing "By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused...
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God’s Secret Service
The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; nor those who say they believe in prayer; nor yet those who can explain about prayer. I mean those...
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