By Dan King The natural longing which exists within each one of us to “better our situation” and improve upon our lifestyle, grows out of a deeper instinct within the human soul. Our parents wanted us to “have it better” than they did, and we want out children to “do better” than we have. One gets …
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Pharisees (1): Who Were They Then?
By Harry Osborne The word “Pharisee” or a form of it is used 101 times in the New Testament. That those references are overwhelmingly negative is not news to anyone remotely familiar with the Bible. Our purpose in this study is to identify why the Pharisees were the repeated object of our Lord’s condemnation. To …
Votaws Return to States from South Africa
By Tant Williams, Jr. After forty-one years in the Union (Republic) of South Africa, preacher W. Ray Votaw and his helpmate, Thena, have retired to the Gist community, deep in the heart of East Texas Pines, about thirty miles east of Beaumont. This is his native turf. His health is day-to-day, inasmuch as he has carotid …
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What Is Faith?
By H.E. Phillips The religious world today relies greatly upon what it pleases to call “saving faith” to produce salvation and eternal life. I believe there is such a thing as saving faith, but I do not accept the definition given to it by denominationalism. Such expressions as “accepting Christ as your personal Savior,” “believing in …