Relics: “Simple Path To God”

By Larry Ray Hafley Many have come, the article said, to “pay respects to the relics of St. Therese,” a Roman Catholic nun, whose bones are being carried around the world in a cathedral-shaped box (Houston Chronicle,  December 7, 1999, A1). They also came to ask the dead “for their intercession to God on our …

Have Convictions — Will Stand

By Robert Harkrider The vast difference between conviction and convenience has rapidly become a misunderstood subject. The search for convenience has perhaps led more Christians to bow their knees to Baal than any other disease. Conviction is lacking, and sin, camouflaged by popularity, continues to take its toll in the church. A sharp contrast exists …