Be Prepared for Giving
The question of finance is, admittedly, a delicate one and, for this reason, few seem free to speak about it. Yet the Scriptures have much to say on the subject and no trace of embarrassment can be detected in the...
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Thinking Outside the Box
It has been a favorite project that teachers have given to elementary students—a shoebox diorama. A hole is cut in the top of the box to let in light and another hole in the end for viewing. Then the child...
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Preparation for the Lord’s Supper
While it is true that worship is in the realm of the spirit, that does not mean that the body and soul are left behind. It only means that they are subservient to the spirit. Obviously there is the necessity...
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The Art of Visitation
In our increasingly busy world, visitation is becoming a forgotten ministry. Why is it so important? 1. We visit because of the scriptural principles involved. Both the teaching of the New Testament and the examples of the early Christians show the...
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To Drink or Not To Drink
Alcohol is a drug. In fact it is a narcotic drug and the only one that can be legally and freely purchased on the open market. All other narcotics must be obtained from a doctor by prescription. In turn, a...
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The Influence of Music
In the courtiers of King Saul, we are amazed first at the clearness with which they recognized demoniacal agency in the disconsolate condition of their master; then the frankness, combined, indeed, with the deepest respectfulness, with which they, regardless of...
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Too Hard?
When Jeroboam led the ten tribes in rebellion against Rehoboam, he decided to set up his own religion in the north. He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem” (1 Ki.12:28, nkjv)....
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Tow’ring O’er the Wrecks of Time
One of the simplest forms of construction is the fastening of two beams together. Men who have never mastered welding or masonry are able to drive nails through wood. Such was the cross.1 The promontory on which the cross was raised...
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