What image or meaning does the word helper bring to mind? For myself, I used to think of this a nice but slightly weak word. I might apply it to someone who gives assistance or aid to the person who really has the initiative or does the primary job. In the printing business, the pressman […]
The War of the Cosmos
We all understand to some degree that the world in which we live is a broken place full of suffering and sin. For some people this reality is deeper and more personal than for others. The Apostle John summed the whole thing up by saying “the whole world lieth in wickedness.” (1 John 5:19) The […]
Bible Survey Series
We are pleased to offer our Bible Survey Series, a set of 8-page booklets offering brief overviews (or surveys) of all 66 books of the Bible. Quoting from the introduction to the first article in the series: “There are two primary approaches to Bible study: (1) Analysis — to take apart to study the details, […]
The Theology of Salvation, part 2
What comes to your mind with the term “theology of salvation”? Are you fascinated by the prospect of finding some new knowledge? Or is the subject about as exciting as multiplication tables are to a young boy whose imagination is occupied by a fishing pole and a new pocket knife? This is not a criticism […]
The Theology of Salvation
Have you ever seriously considered what salvation really is? Do you struggle with doubts about whether you are saved, or whether you ever could be saved? If you’re not quite clear about what eternal security or assurance of salvation means to you, and how that relates to what God expects of you, you’re not alone. […]
Certainties of an Unknown Future
I doubt the eleven disciples lingering around the table after the Passover meal had any idea of what was about to happen. I’m sure the threats from the Jewish authorities were in the back of their minds, but they were with Jesus. I imagine it as an almost electric combination of risk and excitement. Tensions […]
Earthen Vessels
“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of […]
Big and small things
Our printing equipment has been busy lately. We recently delivered about 1.5 million tracts to a faithful distributor in New York City. The load weighed over 4.5 tons. Some of these will be used in the City, but most of them will go to the Dominican Republic. We are currently preparing another shipment close to […]
Prayer
If you were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stand for just a few minutes before the Creator of the universe and express to Him whatever was on your mind, how would you feel? How would you prepare? What would you say? Of course we all have this opportunity; and while it is an awesome privilege, […]
The Tyranny of the Tongue
How many times has it happened to you? Someone said just a few words to you, words that didn’t even communicate anything that important; but the attitude behind the words seemed loaded with a venomous message that left your soul stunned and hurting. But I hope you can all identify with this experience too: after […]
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