By Connie W. Adams As Others See Us I recently attended a gathering where I saw a number of my former school mates, some of whom I had not seen for awhile. Some of them are surely beginning to look old and wrinkled! Time takes its toll on eyesight, hearing, the gait and posture. Not …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 44 2000
Should We Keep The Ten Commandments?
By David Dann We read in Exodus 20 that as God was in the process of delivering his law to Israel through Moses, he gave his people ten basic commandments that they were to obey. Among other ordinances, these commandments include the instructions, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy . . . Thou …
Who Built the Church?
By Irvin Himmel In the New Testament one reads about the church. For example, Paul wrote that the house of God “is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15). When reflecting on his personal unworthiness to be an apostle, Paul acknowledged, “I persecuted the church of …
A Woman’s Place in the First Century
By Violet McDaniel The family was the basic unit of society in all the cultures that provide the background for early Christianity. The family was united by common religious observances and economic interdependence. The family consisted of the entire household — husband, wife, children, and sometimes other relatives and slaves. Jewish marriages show many similarities …