By Billy Ashworth Jeremiah, the “weeping prophet,” had warned Israel of a coming desolation because of her sins in turning away from the living God to serve heathen idols. While the prophet warned with tears flowing from his eyes and words of love and warning flowing from a broken heart, he felt the total rejection of …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
God’s Plan At Work
By Gil Holt I would like to relate a true story that illustrates God’s plan at work. I only recently learned of the details that are involved. Some 60 years ago there were two ladies who were members of the Lord’s church in Athens, AL. These two ladies took an interest in a young girl, by …
“Both Of Them Alike Are he Abomination”
By Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord (Proverbs 17:15 NKJV). The balance demanded of the Lord – neither justifying the wicked nor condemning the just – is not always easy to maintain. This is especially so in …
Christians On Main Street
By Tom M. Roberts The Monastic concept is a withdrawal from life, a retreat to cloistered walls and inner contemplation that isolates one from contemporaries in a sinful world. The Gnostic concept is a participation in sinful life with the physical body but a philosophical denial of the reality of guilt to the spiritual being. Both …