By Michael Garrison The word “Christian” occurs but three times in the New Testament. Its significance is “a follower of Christ,” according to Strong’s Greek Dictionary. By studying each occurrence of the term, we can learn much about being a Christian. Acts 11:26 “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” Not just anyone was …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Who Is A Child of God?
By Mike Willis The less men know the Bible, the more blurred are their concepts of right and wrong. Living in an age of Bible ignorance, an ignorance which is spilling over into the church, we face a generation whose distinction between the children of God and children of the Devil is blurred. In John 8, …
Singing With Understanding: “I Love Thy Kingdom Lord”
By Dennis C. Abernathy Stonewall Jackson held prayer meetings in his classrooms at Virginia Military Institute, so Timothy Dwight held revivals in the chapel of Yale. Dwight was the head of the institution from 1795 to 1817. There was also a second Timothy Dwight who became President of Yale and he is noted for changing from …
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Elders and Communication (1): Elders Must Communicate With The Church
By Ron Halbrook Elders must be good communicators. This is necessary in order to be “apt to teach” and able ” to exhort and to convince the gainsayers” (1 Tim. 3:2; Tit. 1:9). Some are especially gifted and given to public preaching and teaching-laboring “in the word and doctrine” (1 Tim. 5:17). Not only must an …
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