(Poem) ‘Forgetting Those Things …’

By Robert E. Hanna So many things I recollect (When deep in pensive retrospect) That give me reason for regret, And which I’ve striven to forget. For such are memories of days Before I entered into ways Of service for my Lord and King, The gospel of His peace to...

The Man of God – Part 4

By Gregg Bing “But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the...

Yet Not I, But …

By John LaVier Twice the Apostle Paul uses this phrase, “Yet not I, but “. In his epistle to the Galatians he wrote: “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I...

The Message of the Cross – Part 2

By Gregg Bing Continued from last month. “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (1 Cor. 1:18) The message of the cross refers not just to the symbol of a cross, or...

The Christian and the Sabbath

By John LaVier If Jesus observed the seventh-day Sabbath, and if Paul, many years later, also seemed to observe it, then why do we gather for worship on the first day of the week? When was the Sabbath changed from the seventh day, Saturday, to the first day, Sunday?...

(Poem) The Divine Word

By Dennis Blankenship Lord Jesus, by thy Spirit, Refresh Thy Word divine, That I might see its meaning, That Christ may in it shine. Your Word is like a garden, But without the Spirit’s power I will not understand its depth, I will not see the flower. Speak now...