The Remaking of Ben Sloetjes
I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as...
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An Apostle’s Legacy
When we are young and healthy, it is easy to feel (or presume) that we have many decades ahead of us on this Earth. But once a person senses that the end of his earthly sojourn is approaching, there is...
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Inspiration & Inerrancy
Every word is pure When we speak of the inerrancy of the Bible, some object, saying: “The Bible contains material on doctrinal, ethical, and moral matters and is accurate in what it says about these things. Other material on incidental matters...
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The Uses of the Word
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” 2 Timothy 3:16 The story of how God’s living Word came to man stretches throughout history, but it is described...
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Rightly Dividing the Word
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 In the second chapter of Paul’s second letter to Timothy, he uses several images to instruct believers....
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The Sufficiency of the Word
“That the man of God may be perfect [complete], thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Tim. 3:17). As we consider 2 Timothy 3:16-17, we see that the Word of God makes a man “perfect” or “complete.” Yet many times, we...
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Looking for a Few Good Men
Are there any candidates? Half a lifetime ago, while still in my teens, a teaching opportunity for my parents resulted in our move from a busy metropolis to the frigid, nickel-mining capital of Canada. In spite of my spiritual apathy in...
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Retain the Standard of Sound Words
“For this cause I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard My deposit unto that Day. Hold fast the pattern of...
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