By Daniel H. King The title of this article sounds like an impossibility, rather similar to what one encounters in ideas like “square circles,” “straight curves,” “loud silences,” “light shades of black,” etc. And, of course, it is. But it is an impossibility which many Christians since the origin of the church have tried to make …
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Are We Lost?
By Shelby C. Smith One is lost when he refuses to obey Christ and His word. “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him; the words that I have spoken, the same shall judge you in that day” (Jn. 12:48). Another reason that some are lost is that they will …
Why Should I Pray In An Age When Miracles Have Ceased?
By James E. Cooper Man is a “praying animal.” Prayer, in the sense of a conscious effort to hold communion with deity, is universal. Even those who have denied the existence of God have been known to breathe a prayer in extreme circumstances. One of the most encouraging statements in the Bible is that “the eyes …
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Are You Warming Your Hands Around the Devil’s Fire?
By Joel Plunkett In Genesis 22:1 we are told that God tempted Abraham, yet James says, “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God. . .” (Jas. 1: 13). Do these two verses contradict each other, or can they be harmonized? When we understand that the primary meaning of temptation is …
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