By Ron Halbrook We need to understand the fundamental principles of salvation. The place that faith plays in our salvation is misunderstood not only by denominational people, but also by many brethren. The Bible is the final authority on the subject of faith, as it is on every religious question. A reading of Eph. 2:1-10 will …
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By Donald P. Ames My youngest son recently returned home from Bible class and proudly announced what he had learned in class: “God talks to us through the Bible, and we talk to God through prayer.” This truth is readily recognized by those of us who are older, but I wonder if we have ever really …
By Jeffery Kingry Anyone who has ever had experience with people has observed how sin affects physical well-being. Apart from the obvious effects of sin such as obesity through intemperance, drunkenness through drinking, birth defects, and brain damage through drugs or smoking and its attendant damage (emphysema, cancer, heart disease etc.), our bodies react to sin. …
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By Mike Willis In 1 Tim. 2:5, Paul wrote, “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” This was a novel idea expressed by God to the pagan world. The pagan world not only imagined a number of gods, they also imagined that a number of intermediaries …
