By David West Until last week (3/93), few of us had heard of Vernon Howell (a.k.a. David Koresh) or the “Branch Davidian” (a radical cult which splintered from the Seventh-Day Adventist’s in the mid-1930’s). Now, everyone in the world who keeps up with the news knows quite a bit about both. Though my knowledge of them …
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By T. Doy Moyer While on the radio in Louisiana, there was a show on before me run by some Baptist organization that played pop-rock songs ones that supposedly had “decent” lyrics expressing some truth. One of these songs had, as its chorus, “I’m only human, born to make mistakes.” I suppose, due to the …
By Johnie Paul Edwards Solomon, to whom God gave wisdom, said, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” (Prov. 14:34). Solomon learned the value of righteous living. He came to recognize that only in God can a man find real significance and lasting satisfaction. This is the legacy that Solomon wished …
By Mark Mayberry Those who preach the whole counsel of God, must not only emphasize divine love, but also divine wrath. The splendor of heaven should be proclaimed, as well as the repugnance of hell. The horrors of eternal punishment must be clearly communicated, so that we will realize the urgency of obeying God. Many would …
