By Luther Blackmon The Lord knew that a positive stand for the truth would cause division. He said, “Think not that I am come to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against …
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King Agrippa Rejects His Father
By Larry Ray Hafley Acts 26 records the confrontation of Paul the apostle with Agrippa the King. It is a classic meeting. On the one hand we see a lowly preacher and prisoner, a slave of the King of Kings. On the other we see a young king in all his pomp and power, a King …
“Professing Themselves to be Wise”
By Irvin Himmel In his letter to the saints at Rome, Paul wrote about the idolatry that engulfed the Gentiles. Men had been given opportunity to know God, but “they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they …
Handling Aright the Word of Truth (I)
By Morris W. R. Bailey In writing to Timothy, Paul gave this instruction: “Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). That is the rendering of the American Revised Version. The King James Version renders it, “Study to show …