Women in the Local Church – Part 1

By Gregg Bing What do the following people have in common: Sarah, Rebekah, Miriam, Rahab, Ruth, Deborah, Esther, Mary, Lydia, Priscilla, Lois, Eunice? All of these are women who have been used of God to accomplish His plans and purposes. For example: Miriam was the...

If God be For Us

By John LaVier In the 8th chapter of Romans we reach the climax of this wonderful book, and verse 31 seems to be the capstone of this great chapter. Here we read: “What shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” “What...

(Poem) May Christ be Formed in Thee

By Dennis Blankenship The Designer of the universe Has not ceased to fulfill His plans, Though creation now is finished The stars, the earth, the sands. Our lives are now His business, In us His art He shows, To the humble and the yielded The lovely Christ now grows....

Ecclesiastes – Part 1 – “A Life of Vanity”

By Lori Gardner “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2) What would cause a man who seemed to have everything this world has to offer to come to such a bleak conclusion about life? King Solomon (also...

Women in the Local Church – Part 2

By Gregg Bing Continued from Sep-Oct Issue “Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.” (1 Tim. 2:11-12) These two verses penned by the Apostle Paul are...

If Israel Had Known

By Gregg Bing Jesus was traveling to Jerusalem to present Himself to Israel as their promised Messiah. “As He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, ‘If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your...