The Fields Are White for Harvest

Wheat

“Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest” (John 4:35). Jesus said these words to His disciples as they were in Samaria. He had just spoken to a Samaritan […]

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Preparing to Preach

In an article posted August 4 on the Christian Courier website, Wayne Jackson has some good advice for men desiring to preach the gospel and how to prepare for that work. His advice about attending a “Christian college” is particularly good. His concerns about such an education are some of the ones I have as […]

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“Admonish The Young Women… To Be… Homemakers”

[This article was written by Bryan Matthew Dockens.] Given the rise in popularity of stay-at-home-dads and women with full-time jobs outside the home, it is appropriate to consider the validity of such an arrangement. The word of God affirms the duty of women to fulfill the role of homemaker. Paul instructed “older women” to “admonish […]

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Reasoned Preaching

Paul preaching in Thessalonica

In Paul’s preaching, he appealed to reason. We see this example in his two visits to Ephesus. During his first brief visit, he “entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews” (Acts 18:19). When he returned to Ephesus, after being forced to leave the synagogue, he was “reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus” (Acts […]

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By Faith Moses Left Egypt

Moses Kills the Egyptian

Moses is one of the great characters in the Bible. His example of faith is pointed out to us in Hebrews 11 – the chapter of faith. The Hebrew writer mentioned a few things that Moses did to please God – he “refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,” “kept the Passover,” and […]

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New Bible

Bible

When I was in college I bought a New Testament that would fit in my back pocket. I wanted to have a Bible with me wherever I was in case an opportunity came up where it would be handy to have one. I have carried this New Testament in my back pocket for the last […]

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Book Review: Silenced Cries, A Study of Abortion

Abortion is one of the defining moral and political issues of our time. In his new book, Silenced Cries, A Study of Abortion, Aaron Erhardt provides some valuable material on the subject and presents it in a way that is easy to understand. The book deals with every aspect of this issue. Aaron addresses the […]

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