During the last days God bore witness with Christ’s disciples, confirming their spoken words both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit (Heb.2:3-4). These miraculous signs vouchsafed the Divine -…
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. But…
In addressing His first-century disciples concerning His (second) coming, Jesus employed a catchphrase that would have been easily recognized by those steeped in Old Testament literature: Remember Lot’s Wife (Lk.17:32). This ancient expression pointed back to the days…
Several decades ago a prayer at one of our brotherhood lectureships caused quite a stir when the one leading the prayer referred to God The Father as “Daddy”. A firestorm of criticism followed, with many arguing that referring…
In his epistle to the church at Colosse, Paul asserts that man’s “certificate of debt” was canceled by God, having been nailed to the cross by the atoning work of Christ Jesus (Col. 2:13-14). This text has mistakenly…
One of the beauties of studying the gospels is that we can learn about Jesus from various vantage points. In this case we have three gospel accounts: Matthew, Mark and Luke. These three-fold gospels are often referred to…
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before…
As Jesus neared the end of His earthly ministry Luke’s gospel notes, He resolutely set His face to go to Jerusalem (Lk.9:51). One might assume that this intentional sojourn would herald the beginning of the end for Jesus.…
As is often the case, God’s providence turns trials into triumphs. In spite of the persecution inflicted upon the early disciples of Christ by Saul of Tarsus (Acts 8:1-3), the scattering (diaspora) of the saints resulted in the…
After considerable digging I was finally able to find it. In talking a while back with an old classmate, I was able to confirm the title of the book that Miss Mangold had read to us 5th graders…