God’s Purpose for Israel
God made man in His own image and likeness, with the capacity for fellowship with the Creator. Sin disrupted that fellowship, marring the image of God. The eternal purpose of God involves the full revelation of Himself in grace through...
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True Service for Christ
All true service for Christ must spring from love to Christ. Martha and others, had been sorely bereaved, when Lazarus died. But their grief had turned into joy on seeing him raised from the dead. Their gratefulness to Christ caused...
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What is the World Coming to?
Only an optimist would have called it a town. It was just a settlement, a few houses in the Canadian prairie. One house, a little larger than the others, had a Canada Post sign, the villagers' means of reaching the...
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Why God Loves Men
You may have heard someone say, "I don't understand why God loves me." Or you may have had this thought about yourself. How wonderful to understand why God loves men. With such knowledge, you may become a person that God...
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Accepted or Acceptable?
"He hath made us accepted in the beloved" (Eph. 1:6). "Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be acceptable to Him" (2 Cor. 5:9). The two words which form the title of this paper, though rendered by the...
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The Lord’s Generosity
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich" (2 Cor. 8:9). Paul wrote these profound words as he urged...
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Collective Prayer
It's a familiar quotation: "The family that prays together, stays together." While there is no biblical direction along this line, we have both scriptural direction and example as to the importance of prayer in the assembly. In the Acts of...
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A Cheerful Giver
Second Corinthians 8 and 9 contain a description of the gifts bestowed by believers for the help of their fellow saints. No less than seven terms are used, an indication of the value which God sets on the liberality of...
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How Many Beads?
The red glow of the setting sun turned the desert sands the color of blood in its passing. Muhammad sat near the fire in the caravanserai as he listened to the babble of voices. Like him, the others enjoyed the...
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