By David McClister Our highest respect should be reserved for God’s word. And if we respect it properly, we should then take it into our hands and hearts and read it and study it for ourselves. I have had many conversations with people on religious topics in which the response to something I said was …
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“Leave Me Alone!”
By Walton Weaver When God rejected Cain’s offering, he must have felt the cards were stacked against him. His response was, according to Genesis 4:5, that he became “very angry, and his countenance fell.” His disposition was such that not only did he get angry at God, but he stayed angry. He could cry “unfair” …
What Happens When We Mythologize Part of Genesis?
By Mark Mayberry The entire structure of evolutionary thought is based on the premise that God does not exist. Working from that assumption, scientists derive some naturalistic way of explaining the origins of life, the development of the earth, the geologic column, etc. These obvious biases must be weighed whenever we consider their claims. I …
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John 6 — Not the Lord’s Supper
By Paul K. Williams Brethren, when you read John 6:35-58, or portions of it, at the serving of the Lord’s supper, you are misapplying the passage. Jesus is not talking about the Lord’s supper. He is talking about believing his word. Jesus had fed 5000 men, plus women and children, with five loaves and two …