By Robert Wayne La Coste Contention and strife have been existent for decades now over the matter of caring for orphan children. Churches have been divided, preachers fired, and bitterness created over the matter. Scripture has been debated, both orally and in written discussion. One brother believes this on the passages and another brother believes the …
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Blessed Are The Peacemakers
By Mike Willis Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God (Matt. 5.9). “God is the God of peace; the Messiah is the Prince of peace, his birth was welcomed with the angel’s hymn, ‘Peace on earth.’ He is the great Peacemaker. He made peace through the blood of his cross. …
We Are All Terminal
By Raymond E. Harris When we hear that a loved one or friend has an illness that has been diagnosed as “terminal,” we invariably react with feelings of surprise and sadness. We humans seem to have a built-in blindness to the reality of death. However, from birth, we are all “Terminal”! Despite this inane idea that …
Filthy Rag Righteousness
By Tom Roberts “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. . .” (Isa. 64:6). Among some brethren today who have become enamored with (and tainted by) aspects of Calvinism, the above passage is being used as a proof-text that man is passive in the plan of salvation …