By Dan Walters Acts 8:4 tells us that after the great persecution against the Christians at Jerusalem, “they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.” The New Testament does not make a distinction between “teaching” and “preaching” or between private and public proclamation of the Word. In Acts 8:35, we find that Philip preached …
Monthly Archives: May 2012
The Poor
By Evan Blackmore In the first two chapters of Galatians, Paul summarizes the story of his life. And what an amazing story it is. In his early years, Paul had persecuted the church of God, but then Jesus revealed Himself to Paul on the road to Damascus, commissioned him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, …
Bible Basics: They Shall Reap The Whirlwind
By Earl Robertson For Israel the alarm of war had sounded and shortly Assyria would swoop down “as an eagle against the house of the Lord.” God had raised up Josea to thunder the sure judgment of God against Israel “because they have transgressed and made princes with which God had nothing to do; they made …
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The Temptation (2)
By Bob Waldron In our previous article, we studied the first temptation of Jesus wherein we learned that when we think of the necessities of life, the top of the list should be, “Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” This time we want …