Blessed Are They Who Die In The Lord

By Dan King The book of Revelation heralds the ruthless persecution of the church of Christ at the hands of imperial Rome. If written about 95-6 AD, as is usually (and, I believe, correctly) surmised, it falls in the second period of intense Roman suppression of the Christians, and thus in the reign of the cruel …

Positive Speech: The Language of Ecumenism

By Steven Wallace Many people are enamored with positive speech and preaching that is only positive. Because of the nature of the latter, it offends almost no one. In fact, most people enjoy it. Positive preaching’s general acceptability can be seen in that one could take many positive sermons and preach them with little or no …