By William Safire “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature,” wrote Karl Marx, “the spirit of unspiritual conditions. It is the Opium des Volkes – the opiate of the people.” Opium at that time in Germany was known mostly as a painkiller; Marx’s point was that religion deceptively eased the painful symptoms of the exploitation …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Not Our – But His Might
By Bill Hall “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might” (Eph. 6:10). In our battle against Satan, we cannot be victorious on the basis of our own strength. We must rely on the strength and might of the Lord. Did we in our own strength confide Our striving …
Gratitude
By R.J. Evans In this life we have innumerable blessings for which we are to be thankful. And the Bible tells us that these blessings come from the God of heaven. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow …
A Search For Self Identity
By James W. Adams (It was April 1972. We had just emerged from the turbulent sixties and were wallowing in the backwash. The drug culture, sexual liberation of women, acceptance of homosexual relationships as an approved “lifestyle for consenting adults, “fascination with Eastern religions and the occult, and the abandonment of the so-called “organized church ” …