By Mike Willis In 1 Pet. 2:5,9, the apostle wrote, “you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. . . . you are a . . . royal priesthood.” Thus, in our consideration of descriptive terms …
Monthly Archives: May 2012
The Beatitudes: Blessed are the Peacemakers
By Keith Sharp “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” (Matt. 5:9). “Like a river glorious is God’s perfect peace; Over all victorious in its bright increase; Perfect, yet it floweth fuller every day, Perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way.” (Frances Ridley Havergal) The world in restless turmoil …
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UNITY: Distinguishing Between Faith and Opinion
By Roy E. Cogdill In distinguishing between faith and opinion, as they affect the individual’s obligation to unity, one of the main difficulties is the problem of making a proper clear cut distinction. There must be unity in matters oi faith; but in the realm of opinion there must be liberty, generosity, proper consideration and the …
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Report on the Work in the Philippines
By Harold V. Trimble On April the first of 1976, Herb and Eva Waddell of Bremerton, Washington took my wife and me to Vancouver B. C. where I emplaned on a J.A.L. 747 to fly directly over to the North Pole to Tokyo and the next day to Manila, R.P.1, My son, John David, a pilot …