Informal Survey of the New Testament

A Dispensational Approach By R. B. Shiflet I Peter XIII. The Resume of an Elder   5:1-3 A. The Exhortation   5:1 B. The Explanation   5:2 C. The Example   5:3 XIV. The Reward of an Elder   5:4 “And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown...

Our Blessings in Christ

By Ike T. Sidebottom In Ephesians 1, verses 3 to 14, we get a glimpse of the eternal purpose and plan of God which is now being worked out through the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. At the time Paul penned these verses he was suffering untold cruelties of...

A Larger Life

By Charles Wages There is a prayer of a man of Judah, by the name of Jabez recorded in 1 Chronicles 4:10. One phrase in his prayer is of great interest. “Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast …” Man seems to have an insatiable...

Newness of Life

By Beverly Wages “That like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4) When the apostle Paul was saved, he surely had a new life. He even had a new name. Christ...

Informal Survey of the New Testament

A Dispensational Approach By R. B. Shiflet I Peter  XV. The Rebuke of Pride   5:5-7 “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to...

Hindrances and Helps

By Charles Wages It is an appropriate saying that reminds us that “we should strive to be a part of the solution rather than the problem.” Also, we must remember that it is about as bad to be hindered as to hinder. It is pretty difficult if not futile to...