By Brooks Cochran Remember Lot’s wife. Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it (Lk. 17:32-33). Whenever I think of lukewarm Christians this passage comes to mind. It serves as a warning. Lot’s wife, though nameless, was lukewarm in her attitude toward God and the …
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The “Natural Man” of 1 Corinthians 2:14
By Robert F. Turner In John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion (Bk. 2, Par. 20), we read, “It thus appears that none can enter the kingdom of God save those whose minds have been renewed by the enlightening of the Holy Spirit.” He cites 1 Corinthians 2:14, “The natural man receiveth not the things of …
The Sufficiency and Finality of the Bible
By Randy Harshbarger Long ago the prophet Hosea said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children” (4:6). Ignoring God’s instructions brought ruin …
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Characteristics of Love
By Mark Mayberry More has been written about love than any other human emotion, yet tremendous misunderstanding surrounds the subject. In 1 Corinthians 13, the apostle Paul sets forth the various characteristics of Christian love (1 Cor. 13: 1-8). Let us consider his teaching and apply it to our lives. A. Negative Qualities of Love 1. …