By Irvin Himmel It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory (Prov. 25:27). Honey A highly nutritious food, honey was often found in ancient times in trees, in holes in the ground, in crevices between rocks, and other places where wild bees might choose to …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Stewing In Our Own Juice
By Robert F. Turner When someone’s sinful conduct rebounded upon him, my dad would sometimes say, “He is stewing in his own juice.” Dad meant he was reaping what he had sown. This is a Bible concept, in both the good and bad sense. We do not really 46get away” with anything. Our deeds and thoughts …
Epaphras
By Larry Ray Hafley All that we know of Epaphras is contained in the,Scriptures which follow: “There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus” (Phile. 23). “As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit” …
Second-Generation Christians
By Mike Willis In the opening chapters of Judges, the Israelite historian wrote of the death of Joshua and his generation saying, “And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel” (Judg. 2:10). …