By Donnie V. Rader Influence is defined as, “a power indirectly or intangibly affecting a person or a course of events” (American Heritage Dictionary, 660). We all have influence and we all are influenced. In the most notable sermon that Jesus preached in Galilee, he spoke of the influence that Christians would have on the world …
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What Creation Declares
By Larry Ray Hafley Tulips of spring time birth, Oysters along gulf shores, Are products, not of earth, But of heavenly stores. Grains of Sahara’s sands, Moss sunning in Arctic cold, Born not by human hands, ‘Ms God’s creation told! The rocky mountain’s peak, The forest’s canopy, Both to us boldly speak Of the Lord’s nursery. …
Critics of Criticism Shall We Be Silenced?
By James Boyd Let me speak of some hard realities. Second Timothy 4:3, 4, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” …
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Our Mission Is .. . “I must be about my Father’s business …”
By Bruce James God the Son grieved at the tomb of Lazarus, over Jerusalem, and when the widow woman came out of the city with her dead child. In these instances he had compassion for those in their loss. In Genesis 6:6, God looked at the world and he was grieved, that is, his heart broke …
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