Bible Basics: Speak As The Oracles of God

By Earl E. Robertson The apostle Peter wrote, “If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God . . .” (1 Pet. 4:11). There is no divine directive more needed today than this one in the midst of denominational jargon and theological palaver of preachers and elders. One church recently advertised in the …

Christianity: The Personal Pattern The Rich Life Is Not `Slender Now’

By Jeffery Kingry This article will likely land me in a pickle with some brethren. It seems as though some articles I write, though obviously directed at the abuse of a system, are invariably taken as a blanket disavowal of the proper use of the thing. In this series of articles we are attempting to direct …

Ephraim’s Idols: Hope: Revelation or Speculation?

By Ron Halbrook Hope is desire plus expectation. Webster says, “Desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment.” In Philippi, some base men used a “damsel possessed with a spirit of divination” as a means to wealth “by soothsaying.” . When Paul healed her, these men were enraged because “the hope of their gains was …