By Dick Blackford It is difficult to find anything good about war. While we pray for sustained peace let us use a bad situation as an opportunity for some good. The time is ripe for us to focus on some valuable and needed lessons. Those who teach Bible classes should seize the opportunity while the middle …
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“Windows Open Toward Jerusalem”
By Ronny Milliner Daniel was such a righteous man that his enemies were forced to conclude, “We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God” (Dan. 6:12). Verse 10 of chapter six shows the place of prayer in the life of Daniel. He prayed …
The Work of the Holy Spirit in Sanctification
By O.C. Birdwell, Jr. Vine’s Expository Dictionary says the word “sanctification” is used of “(a) separation to God, 1 Cor. 1:30; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2; (b) the course of life befitting those so separated, 1 Thess. 4:34,7; Rom. 6:19,22; 1 Tim. 2:15; Heb. 12:14.” He also says, “The Holy Spirit is the Agent in …
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The “Misleading” of the Holy Spirit
By Bill Hall The 1980s will surely be remembered as the decade when so many “Spirit-led” projects failed. The fall of Jim Bakker with his PTL empire and Heritage USA will long be remembered. Jim Bakker could hardly speak without referring to what the Spirit was leading him to do. His explanation for the collapse of …