By Thaxter Dickey I am a Christian because Jesus Christ rose from the dead. Some, even among Christians, might find that statement dogmatic; but I am in good company. It was on this basis that Thomas called Jesus “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28). It is to this fact that the early preaching of the …
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The Kind of Person He Was; What His Miracles Proved The Life of Christ
By Thomas C. Hickey In the celebrated introduction to his Florida College Bible course on the “Book of Acts,” the beloved and lamented Edgar Srygley used to say: “This is not a study of all of the acts of all of the apostles, not a study of all of the acts of some of the apostles, …
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Why Jesus Christ Came Into The World
By Walton Weaver To say that Jesus Christ came into the world is simply to affirm an historical fact. The manner of his coming is a much more complex subject, but Scripture itself affirms that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14), and that “God was manifested in the flesh” (1 Tim. 3:16). …
The Death of Christ
By Jim Ward To appreciate the death of Jesus, we must understand something of law and the enormity of sin. What does it mean when Paul says, “The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law” (1 Cor. 15:56)? Taking the last clause first, sin is the violation of law (1 …