Growing Super Churches
In years past, most Protestant churches in the U.S.A. were fairly small, numbering one hundred to three hundred or less in their congregations, according to Time (August 5, 1991). But now a new phenomenon is taking place in the proliferation...
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Frail in Body? Mighty in Spirit!
We have a growing reverence for the aged. It ever was and is a characteristic of Jewish religious life to honor the aged. It is a touching and beautiful sight to view one in the sunset of life, waiting at...
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Vox Populi, Vox Caelestis
Individually, they would have been startling enough. But juxtaposed, as they were, on pages one and three of our daily newspaper made them absolutely shocking. The front page article couldn't help but stir up joy in every Christian's heart. "BELIEVERS?"...
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The Book of Wonders
In Psalm 119, verse 129, we read: "Thy testimonies are wonderful." So the Word of God testifies to its own wonders. This world has seen many wonderful books, judging from human standards; but we want to write about the most...
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Our Home Bible Study Heritage
More than one hundred and fifty years ago, a group of men, committed to following the truth no matter the cost, met to study the Word of God. Out of these simple Bible readings, there grew a movement which exerted...
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Preparing the Way
Inasmuch as it has pleased God to reveal Himself through a book -- the Bible -- it is proper that we should understand the special means used in compiling that holy Book. History, as far as the Scriptures were concerned, was...
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Dabar-Elohim: The Word of God
The author of the Scriptures, like the Creator, reveals His perfection in all that He does. We see it in the use of certain words and phrases in Psalm 119. In this chapter there are 176 verses, divided into 22...
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The Bible in Our Lives
The Word of God is the food of the soul. There can be no normal growth or progress apart from it (1 Peter 2:2; Heb. 5:11-12). It must be allowed to enter into the fiber of the Christian's life, as...
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In Our Hands & In Our Hearts
The following material is not intended to be an exhaustive study of our subject. It is, however, the writer's purpose to emphasize some of the structure of the Scriptures to encourage its faithful and fruitful study. Our goal should be,...
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