The Sun is Still in Business
I noticed the above motto in a home recently and I thought, in these days of stress and perplexity when the machinery of human affairs is so sadly out of kilter and the whole world seems to be wearing the...
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Reflecting the Light
God is a God of order, and this is clearly seen in His creation (1 Cor. 14:33). Usually, when we think of order, we think of the order of arrangement. This thought is found in the New Testament word "world"...
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The Church at Jerusalem
The Church of God, next to the Cross of Christ, is the greatest thing God ever wrought. It is the nearest and dearest thing to His heart. In the opening chapters of the book of the Acts, it has pleased...
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Anticipation
Is the Lord's Supper the apex of the week for you? Is it supposed to be? What makes the Lord's Supper different from other activities of the Church? Some suggest that the difference lies in the fact that at other...
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Business as Usual?
Of all the subtle changes that have wrought havoc in the Church in this century, none has been more damaging than its professionalization. The world's business methods and management principles have found a welcome there. What concerns me more is...
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The Hidden Years
We must clearly understand that man can only enter the life of Jesus by the way of His death; that death being the gate, not only to eternal life, as it stretches beyond this place and time of conflict, but...
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Spiritual Ambition
In his second epistle, Peter describes the condition of professing Christendom and the unbelieving world as existing at the end of the age. Two particular forms of evil are recorded: first, in chapter 2, the presence of false teachers propagating...
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What the Sheep Should Do
The expectations we have for our elders seem to far outstrip our awareness of our responsibilities to our overseers. To know them. "We beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and...
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Renewal Through Humility
What is the greatest need among assemblies today? A variety of answers might be given to that question, but certainly one of them would be the subject of leadership, its form and quality. We seem to be clear as to the...
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