By Tom Hamilton When we want to know what a certain word means, we have to look at how the word itself is used by the people that speak the language in question. Of course, we could look in a dictionary or lexicon, but these reference works themselves are merely cataloged listings of how the …
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Sign in the Front of a Fire Station
By D. Gibson Do Not Wait Until A Fire Starts To Plan Your Way Of Escape I’m sure that all of us have thought long and seriously about the safety of our family should a fire occur in our home. It would be an unthinkable disaster, not only for the lives of loved ones but …
“Why Should It Be Thought A Thing Incredible That God Should Raise The Dead?”
By Dick Blackford It shouldn’t. He’s God! If I raised the dead it would be incredible, but it isn’t when God does it. Surely the one who gave life in the first place would have no trouble restoring it when it is lost. Christianity loses its authority, its unique position among the religions of the …
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Pure Religion Involves “Visiting” the Fatherless in Their Trouble
By Randy Blackaby Many have undertaken to write in recent years of the desperate social conditions and the moral vacuum being created by the growth of fatherless homes. Our response has been to decry out-of-wedlock births, divorce, and do- nothing fatherhood. That is as it should be. But one issue is often overlooked. What is …
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