The Sword of the Spirit
The Christian is not to live life as a consumer but as a combatant. There is a real adversary who seeks to destroy the testimony and effectiveness of believers. This enemy is not of flesh and blood but is spirit,...
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How are we Really Doing?
The subject I am about to address in this editorial is, I believe, so vital that I have allowed myself the luxury of FIVE pages, something I’ve never done before. I trust that you will find it helpful. The title of...
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The Lord’s Supper
Reprinted from an excellent book, The Church of God: a Symposium, available from Everyday Publications. There is something plaintively beautiful about the words from the old paraphrase of Matthew 26: ‘Twas on that night when doomed to know The eager rage of...
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All Believers are Priests
On the 1st of March, 1546, a scaffold was erected before the Castle of Saint Andrew in Scotland and foggots of dried wood were piled around it...When all was ready two deathsmen brought George Wishart from his prison...He knelt down...
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Worship
If we could approach the Supper with this desire to give to the Lord what will please His heart, we would make sure that we had something. It need not be much. A brother, not accustomed to public speaking, stood...
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That First Remembrance
This nonagenarian author writes (and surely you agree that nonagenarians deserve a careful hearing!): “The Final Word article in the April-May UPLOOK entitled “Looking at the Lord’s Supper” has certainly taken hold of my attention. I was grieved to know there...
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Taking Aim at the Future
We all have limited time and resources to accomplish the will of God for us. This is especially true of preparing young people in our assemblies. From their early teens, when they should become active participants in assembly life, until...
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