By Norman E. Fultz In a recent Bible class as we were considering Acts 14:23 regarding elders in the early church, someone called attention to the fact that the passage also mentions prayer -and fasting and questioned why we do not fast today? Members of the class were assigned to see what they could find out …
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A Devotion On Christ’s Death, By McGarvey
By Ron Halbrook Because of his onslaughts against the Modernism which denied the supernatural inspiration of Scripture, JAW. McGarvey (1829-1911) was often accused of lacking fervent love. He was scorned by those who felt his blows as being a harsh controversialist, a bigot, and a legalist. His column appearing weekly in the Christian Standard under the …
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The One Hope
By Mike Willis The Christian’s hope is an anchor to the soul (Heb. 6:11); it is the Christian’s helmet in his defense against Satan (1 Thess. 5:8). The Christian’s hope for everlasting life is based on the firm foundation of the immutable promise of God (Tit. 1:2). The hope of everlasting life is a motive to …
Complete In Christ
By Randy Harshbarger In a time when men and women are searching and longing for something meaningful in “religion,” we, as members of the Lord’s church, should declare forcefully and clearly that all man’s needs can be found in Jesus Christ. ‘This is exactly what the Apostle Paul declares in Colossians 2. While men and women …