By Connie W. Adams Christians near the end of the century, especially those in Asia Minor, were undergoing severe persecution. Satan was behind it all and had found two allies to afflict God’s people. They were symbolized in Revelation 13 as a beast rising out of the sea exercising a great political power and as a …
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The Branch Davidian Cult and The Waco, Texas Stand-off
By David West Until last week (3/93), few of us had heard of Vernon Howell (a.k.a. David Koresh) or the “Branch Davidian” (a radical cult which splintered from the Seventh-Day Adventist’s in the mid-1930’s). Now, everyone in the world who keeps up with the news knows quite a bit about both. Though my knowledge of them …
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I’m Only Human
By T. Doy Moyer While on the radio in Louisiana, there was a show on before me run by some Baptist organization that played pop-rock songs ones that supposedly had “decent” lyrics expressing some truth. One of these songs had, as its chorus, “I’m only human, born to make mistakes.” I suppose, due to the …
The Value of Righteous Living
By Johnie Paul Edwards Solomon, to whom God gave wisdom, said, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” (Prov. 14:34). Solomon learned the value of righteous living. He came to recognize that only in God can a man find real significance and lasting satisfaction. This is the legacy that Solomon wished …