By Ron Halbrook Though the former editor has not ascended in “a chariot of fire,” the editor’s mantle has been passed on. Just as Elisha “took the mantle of Elijah” in determination to be a faithful prophet (2 Kgs. 2), Mike Willis has accepted the work so ably done for the past several years by his …
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Imputed Righteousness:It’s Relationship to Calvinism
By Mike Willis In recent years, several well-known brethren among us have begun to teach that the perfect obedience of Jesus Christ is imputed to the believer’s account so that when God looks at the believer, He does not see a man who sins, repents, sins again, repents, again, etc. but sees instead the perfect obedience …
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A Family Circle Series: Crisis at the Crossroads
By Leslie Diestelkamp From the apartment house in which I live here in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, it is about thirty-five miles to the Sears Tower, the world’s tallest building. On a clear day or night it can be seen from this apartment building. But between here and there; and then, throughout the whole city, …
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Conversion
By Fred A. Shewmaker In Acts 15:3 we read about Paul and Barnabas “being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.” This is a description of their journey “to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders …