By Irvin Himmel The life of an unrighteous person is pointed downward. Descent accelerates with each act of iniquity. Sometimes a child of God allows himself to fall into sin and to get caught in the downhill plunge. Jonah’s Example God commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh and cry against it. The wickedness of that city …
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Christ Purchased the Church
By Donald P. Ames In Acts 20:28 we find, “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.” This passage, part of Paul’s admonition to the Ephesian elders, is an important passage in …
The Christian and Poverty
By Jeffery Kingry These pages could not hold all the words our Lord delivered to his saints on the subject of poverty and wealth distribution. Without exception, in both the Old and the New Testament, a spirit of generosity and empathy is enjoined while greed, materialism, injustice, and covetousness is soundly condemned. “He that oppresseth the …
Handling Aright the Word of Truth (IV)
By Morris W. R. Bailey In the preceding article it was pointed out that a proper handling of the Bible requires that we recognize the distinction between the Law and the Gospel. They are distinct as to the medium through whom each was given. The Law came through Moses. The Gospel came through Christ. They are …