July 2007

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Dear Reader

"And all that sat in the council…saw his face as it had been the face of an angel" (Acts 6:15). Some years ago an older Christian asked a group of...

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A Bird’s Message

"Ask now…the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?" (Job 12:7, 9)....

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An Epistle of Christ

2 Corinthians 3 I would like to speak to you about letters and what we may understand by the use of the word in Scripture. We may, perhaps, group o...

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Repentance

"And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou upon thy face? Israel hath sinned…So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and bro...

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Why Christians Must Be Readers

"The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments" (2 Tim. 4:13). Paul w...

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Satisfaction and Rest

Having reached the moment when Ruth is found at the feet of Boaz the story is naturally more concerned with what Boaz does. He works to satisfy the...

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John 6:27

Q: What does the latter part of John 6:27, "The Son of man…has the Father sealed, even God," mean? Does it have any connection to John 1:32-33? Jes...

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Camels Ready to Take the Heat

"O Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches" (Psalm 104:24). One of the most fascinatin...

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Echo of Songs in the Night

Part 1 To live in Thee - blest source of deepest joy! To hear e’en now by faith Thy voice of love - Thou living spring of bliss without all...

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Where the Fire Has Been

A group of pioneers were traveling westward by covered wagon. One day they were horrified to see in the distance a long line of smoke and flame str...

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Questions Where did Cain kill Abel? What prophet told a priest that his new name was to be Magormissabib? How many Marys are in the New Testament?

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