By J. Wiley Adams Kings 5 is a classic account of man’s wisdom versus the wisdom of God. In Isaiah 55:8,9 we learn that God’s thoughts and ways are not man’s thoughts and ways. His thoughts and ways are higher than ours as the heavens are higher than the earth. What may seem right to man …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
God’s Way
By Olen Holderby Many years ago I took a few notes from a presentation of N.B. Hardeman (to the best of my recollection it was he) on the above subject. Those notes form the basis of this article. I felt then, and I feel now, that the points made needed to be repeated over and over. …
Rebuke Not An Elder
By Ron Daly In 1 Timothy 5:1-2 God’s word says, “Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.” First, what does the word “elder” mean at this place? It translates the Greek presbutero, dative masculine singular of …
Go Forward
By Steven Baxley As the Israelites camped at Pi-Hahiroth near the Red Sea, they were horrified to look and see the approaching Egyptian army, bent on re-enslaving them. Moses, attempted to reassure the faithless Hebrews by telling them, “Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today” (Exod. 14:13). …
