By Brooks Cochran Brethren, my heart’s desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge (Rom. 10:12). Paul, in the verses above, gives his own personal commentary on the attitude of his own people …
Monthly Archives: August 2012
From Heaven or From Men
By Clinton D. Hamilton Sometimes a question is asked that involves more than the language of the text about which it is raised. Such is the nature of the question which is being answered in this column. It of necessity also involves the larger context and a generalization that the apostle makes and from which he …
The Nature of Jesus As Seen In The Miraculous Draught of Fish
By Mike Willis In the last two issues of this paper, I have been reviewing the concept that Jesus did not have inherent power to work miracles. In the first two articles, I examined the passages sometimes cited to prove that Jesus did not have inherent power to show that, rather than affirming that Jesus did …
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Diligence in Business
By Al Sandlin Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men” (Prov. 22:29). “Mean men” in this passage are obscure men; men of no significance in wisdom and power. This passage teaches us that there are many fringe benefits in exercising diligence in one’s …