By Connie W. Adams Jesus did not come into the world to stay physically. When he offered his blood as a sacrifice for sins, once and for all, his divine mission in the world was finished. In the shadow of the cross, Jesus said in prayer to the Father, “I have finished the work which thou …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
The Shame of Nakedness
By Ron Halbrook Revelation 3:17-18 pictures a proud church like a poor, diseased man with inadequate clothes. If the church repented, Christ would supply every spiritual need, “that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear.” This figurative use of inadequate clothing is based on the concept of the shame …
The Dust-Covered Book
They read the “Journal” and the “News,” The “Green Book” and the “Red,” They kept the serials of the month Securely in their head. They went through books both old and new, Best sellers, too, they thought; They read the jokes and studied styles; No item went for naught. They read the sporting page; …
After Its Kind
By Norman E. Fultz Urbanization has whittled away all but nine acres of what used to comprise the 1,000 acre White Haven plantation in St. Louis County. The beautiful old mansion which dates back to 1818 still stands and is being renovated and restored to its 1870s appearance when it was bought by then President Ulysses …