By Keith Sharp We have a saying, “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; cry, and you cry alone.” Yet, here, in a striking paradox, the Master declared that those who are truly happy are those who mourn. Which mourners are comforted? How shall they be comforted? Mourn The term which is here translated “mourn” . …
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By Dennis C. Abernathy “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve, through, his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted front the simplicity that is in Christ” (2 Cor. 11:3). The New American Standard Version has “the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.” The apostle Paul’s fear here was that …
By Roy E. Cogdill We have sought to separate unity from the “Ecumenical Movement” which some have confused as a “movement” in the direction of unity and God. Of course, Christianity is not connected with any “movement” of any kind. A “movement” toward union without unity-compromise without conviction-policy without principle-is subversive to truth, contrary to the …
By Loren N. Raines There was no man that David loved more than he loved Jonathan. Perhaps no greater friendship ever existed than that between these two good men. Of Jonathan David said, “Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.” In lamenting the death of Jonathan, David said, “How are the mighty …
