Brethren In Unity - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!’, Psalms 133 tells us; this commands a blessing for those brethren that meet together in unity. Men throughout the entire New Testament, the men of the early Church met together, were taught together and worshiped the Lord together...
By Faith or By Law - Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law or by the hearing of Faith? I write to those who call themselves Christians; may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ rest upon you. If we say that we believe in Christ, and have been saved, one would ask, "What assurance do you have of your salvation?" The simple and correct answer is, "Through Christ." Do we really believe that Christ is our savior?
The Holy Spirit - The Baptism of the Holy Spirit: We received a letter from one of our readers about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and thought it well to address this subject. He wasn’t really asking questions as to how to receive the Spirit, or the baptism, etc. but, that he was confused by mixed feelings about what had happened to him so far, and of course, the mixed doctrines he had been encountering...
The Resurrection - When you read something about "the resurrection," it usually tries to convince you that Christ raised from the dead, and then that’s it. Once you believe that, then you’re O.K. Well, there’s more to belief in the resurrection than that...
Effective Ministry - In modern Christendom there are two ministries for every parishioner; there are pastoral/elder ministries, feed-the-hungry-ministries, collect-the-tithe ministries, door-greeter ministries, etc... and there are street-preaching ministries. Though there are copious ministries, in order to be legitimately in the service of Christ they must they share one paradigm: they must be based upon Love.
The Creativity of Man - Man was created to create. When he is not creating, he is destroying. He who is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys, says the Proverb. So when we are not on the creative side of things, we sense a terrible despondency, a feeling of worthlessness and impending punishment. Man tries to gloss over this with his psychological tools (something he created)...
End Times - We may think to ourselves that Paul was not into end-times stuff as much as John or Peter or Daniel. By thinking this, we cut ourselves loose from the plain teaching of the New Testament that there is a judgment  after death, and that’s the final wrap. In his usual clever methods of deception, Satan uses the holy scriptures as a smoke screen for his real intents...
Do You Love Me? -"15. So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16. He saith to him again a second time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep...
Knowing God's Will - If you came across a book titled "How to Know God’s Will for Your Life" in your local Christian book store, you would probably pick it up and at least read the table of contents. How often we have wondered what God  has called us to do! We feel unused, or out of the will of God, or just plain bored. We think if we only knew, then we would get on with our heavenly calling...
Fear or Faith? - People use words like "faith" to manipulate people. Usually, the object is to get money, but many preachers of "faith" just want control over others. We know from experience that people use fear to manipulate people. In this culture, we would never call this manipulation by fear by its real name, but we call it "faith" or even "love"...
Morality & Legality - To state moralities or “beliefs” have no place with legality and legislating laws is equal to stating that the legislator’s moralities and beliefs had no play in their legislating laws. This is impossible. In reality, their beliefs are being legislated. It would be desirable therefore to have people in the position to legislate that have right or moral beliefs. Notwithstanding, even legislators are not in control, God is...
Man's love VS God's Love - First, we must recognize the holiness of God for what it is. God is pure and holy. These two terms, pure and holy, are One. They cannot be separated from one another. God is separate from His creation because He alone is Pure. All pureness comes from Him. We have an idea of purity throughout the natural world...
My Lawyer's Neighbor - The definition of any lawyer is one who studies and understands the law, thus becoming an expert in the law. In Jesus’ day there were the same type of men, called scribes, those who studied God’s law. In a particular and rather popular parable, Jesus was tested by such a lawyer: "25. And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26. He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27. And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. 28. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 29. But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? " (Luke 10)...
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