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The young church in action
To finish our birds-eye tour of the Bible, we need to look at one final book, The Acts of the Apostles, as it is titled in our English Bibles. Actually it is mostly about two apostles: Peter and Paul. Our lecturer during ministerial training told [...]
The one new man
If this was purely the dream of the man, called "Paul," then he could write novels or dramas such as no Dickens or Shakespeare ever approximated. But it was not the dream of Paul; it was the dream of the Father God. Ephesians 2:15-16, "That [...]
The Divine Yes
"The divine 'yes' has at last sounded in him, for in him is the 'yes' that affirms all the promises of God." (II Corinthians 1:19-20 Moffatt) Jesus is the Yes -- the divine Yes. A great many people today would like to choose Christianity, but [...]
The training of the twelve
We continue our series of explorations on "Enjoying your Bible" (see "A steady stream of words" for the previous article). Let's now look at the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Since no gospel has our "address on the envelope," what value do they [...]
When you read the bible through
I supposed I knew my Bible, Reading piecemeal, hit or miss, Now a bit of John or Matthew, Now a snatch of Genesis, Certain chapter of Isaiah, Certain Psalms (the twenty-third), Twelfth of Romans, First of Proverbs — Yes, I thought I knew the Word! [...]
A steady stream of words
As we continue our exploration on enjoying the Bible, in our last teaching I made the point that some scripture is written directly to the church age in which we live, as shown by "the address on the envelope," but we can learn from the [...]
The address on the envelope
When I started work I was an "office boy," now known as a P.A., personal assistant. I picked up the mail at the post office in the morning, and in those days most of the letters were addressed to "The Manager." In the vast majority [...]
Football and Christ
There are believers in whose lives football has taken the place of Christ. With others, it is money that has taken the place of Christ. They no longer come to church meetings regularly, so those of us who do come to the meetings look with [...]
Is every promise in the Book mine?
In our quest to enjoy the Bible, I have quoted the saying, "The Bible is not enjoyed because it is not understood" (E.W. Bullinger). And to understand the Bible we'll need to jettison some false concepts that have come to us through lyrics of choruses [...]
Expressing God
When I went to France [1881], I said to Christ: "I in You and You in me!" And many a time in confronting single-handed a laughing, scoffing crowd, I have said, "You and I are enough for them. I won't fail You, and You won't [...]