By Steve Wallace Many of us have probably been to a funeral where an unsaved person was “preached into heaven.” By this we usually mean that, at the service for the deceased, a denominational “Pastor” or “Reverend” spoke of how the person had somehow come into a saved state shortly before death or spoke of them …
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Are We Doomed to Divide over Every Difference on Divorce and Remarriage?
By Ron Halbrook And Abram said unto Lot, “Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren” (Gen. 13:8). “Behold, how good and how pleas-ant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” (Ps. 133:1). Fervent, sincere appeals for unity based …
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“Que Precioso”
By Nell Kercheville Have you ever learned a foreign language just for the express purpose of preaching the gospel to those in another country? Have you ever left your home and the surroundings you are so accustomed to and comfortable with to go to another land and preach to a humble and sincere people? Have you …
Receiving the Grace of God in Vain
By Irvin Himmel All who obey the gospel are blessed by the grace of God. It is the grace of God that brings salvation (Tit. 2:11). We are saved by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8, 9). To re-pent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins is to respond to …