By Tim Mize Mirror in the Cross As Christians, we look to the cross of Christ as our “sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour” (Eph. 5:2). Israel of old also offered sacrifices for “a sweet smelling savour to the Lord” (in other words, to honor and please him; see Lev. 1:9; 2:2; 3:5; 4:31; …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Whimsical Wanderers
By Irvin Himmel “As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place” (Prov. 27:8). A bird may have a valid reason for leaving her nest. If a cat climbs up to the nest and threatens to catch the mother bird, or if the nest is destroyed, she is …
Cohabitation Before Marriage
By Gary N. Patton We live in an age of “free love,” an open acceptance of adulterous relationships and the sin of fornication accepted as just a fact of life that “everybody” participates in and should not question. The vast majority of movies, T.V. shows and reading material published in great numbers today depict what the …
Abuse, Abortion and Bigotry
By Larry Ray Hafley The number of reported child abuse cases in the USA rose 8% between 1991 and 1992, the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse reported Tuesday. An estimated 2.9 million children were reported to child protective service agencies in 1992, says Deborah Daro about 213,000 more than in 1991. Numbers have …