Nike
It was in 1957 that University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman met a middle distance runner named Phil Knight. After graduating with an MBA from Stamford, Knight began importing athletic shoes from Japan, selling them out of the trunk...
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When Will the Battle be Over?
Of absorbing interest to many students in the world today is the divine outlook presented in the Scriptures concerning the international Jewish problem and the final return of the Jews to their homeland. It becomes obvious to the most casual...
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Victory Through the Sea
Behold then,” cries the Apostle, “the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness” (Rom. 11:22). Surely the chapter before us presents a notable illustration of the truth of his words. Towards Egypt, severity...
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The Battle at Mount Tabor
Jabin, king of Canaan, reigned in Hazor, a formidable city in the Huleh Valley in northern Galilee. With ruthless efficiency—his army boasting nine hundred chariots of iron—he conquered Israel and oppressed them. In Joshua 11 we find an ancestor of this...
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The Might of the Lord
The decisive battle in Joshua 10 brings in a succession of victories and the eventual subjugation of the land. And with its telling, Part 1 of the Book of Joshua closes. Finding that the Gibeonites had made terms with Israel, Adonizedec,...
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Looking at the Lord’s Supper
For over 150 years assemblies seeking to follow the simplicity of the New Testament have conducted the Lord’s Supper as an open meeting. This means it was not prearranged, but was open for all the brothers to take part audibly,...
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Never Give Up
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before...
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War – In Heaven?
The Bible tells us little about the nature and powers of angels, whose functions seem often to dwarf their personality. Yet our Lord’s own words in the Gospels acknowledge distinctly that angels are real, not any mere figure of speech....
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