By Bruce Edwards, Jr. An important supplement to the study of spiritual gifts is a discussion of the sometimes knotty problem involving Paul, Timothy and the elders of Lystra. The episode in mind involves two passages, 1 Tim. 4:14 and 2 Tim. 1:6, and raises the question of just who was responsible for imparting a spiritual …
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By Donald P Ames Sometimes we are accused of not believing in the Old Testament because we do not believe it is binding on us. Actually, merely to believe it is not binding on us today, is not one and the same thing as a total rejection of the Old Testament. To illustrate, most people do …
By Henry S. Ficklin (INTRODUCTION: Henry S. Ficklin (1883-1974) delivered this lesson over the radio in Athens, Ala., on April 1, 1962. It is still needed in Athens, Nashville, and everywhere else-though it is what some call “legalistic” and “dogmatic.” Ron Halbrook, 3536 Dickerson Rd., Nashville, TN. 37207.) After the lapse of almost a year, I …
By Jimmy Tuten, Jr. On a recent trip to Baalbek, described as the show place of Lebanon, I had our bus make an unscheduled atop at a quarry just outside the ruins. I wanted to see the world’s largest cut stone. The huge block of stone had been carefully cut, hewed, and squared centuries ago. It …
