By O. Fred Liggin, Jr. “The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.” (Matthew 9:37-38.) These words were spoken by Jesus Christ many years ago and are still very true today. The fields are “white unto harvest” but …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
God’s MindfuIness of Man
By Bryan Vinson, Sr. While reflecting on the magnitude of creation the Psalmist was constrained to exclaim, “When I consider the heavens the work of thy fingers, and the stars which thou has ordained, what is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou visitest him?” This is not a …
The Perverseness of Man
By Luther Blackmon Any reputable doctor will tell you that the only safe way to lose weight and control it is through diet. Control your appetite. But people like to eat. Especially fat people. So they take reducing pills, ride bicycles, go to health clubs that provide strenuous exercises, and they stuff themselves with fattening foods. …
Baptism – What It Won’t Do
By Foy W. Vinson I suppose that the subject of baptism is the most highly controverted of all the themes mentioned in the New Testament. Often discussions on this theme are attended with great passion or emotion and from the seemingly endless and fruitless arguments arising therefrom it would appear, at least to the casual observer, …