2006 April
Children's Story
Children’s Story – The Lord Will Provide, Part I
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8), I remembered. Trusting only the Lord, my Provider, I answered my husband with a confident, “Sure, invite them home. The Lord will provide.”
Inspiration
The Pen of Inspiration – A Call to the Watchmen
It is time to wake up the watchmen. I have expended my strength in giving the message the Lord has given me. The burden of the needs of our cities has rested so heavily upon me that it has sometimes seemed that I should die.
Question
Ask the Pastor – Manasseh’s Rule
Question: Why did the Lord allow wicked Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, to reign over God’s people for so long a period? Answer: Manasseh was the fourteenth ruler of the kingdom of Judah.
Health
Restoring the Temple – No Flesh Foods
A diet of flesh meat tends to develop animalism. A development of animalism lessens spirituality, rendering the mind incapable of understanding truth.
Nature
Nature Nugget – The American Eel
American Eels are nocturnal carnivores, feeding on insects, mollusks, crustaceans, worms, and other fish. They hunt their prey by smell, since they have very poor eyesight.
Food, Recipe
Food for Life – Carob Cream Pie
This month we will look at a principle regarding sweetness in our diets. Although this will not be an exhaustive study, a broad principle will be included. Please know that it is important for you to study this subject in detail for yourself. Be a Berean. In the Bible, we find what is often called ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – The Grace of Christ, Part I
April 30, 2006 - May 6, 2006 - We must not think that our own grace and merits will save us; the grace of Christ is our only hope of salvation. Through His prophet the Lord promises, ‘Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts:...
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – The Grace of Christ, Part II
May 7, 2006 - May 13, 2006 - The ‘new covenant’ was established upon ‘better promises’—the promise of forgiveness of sins and of the grace of God to renew the heart and bring it into harmony with the principles of God’s law.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – First-day Offerings, Part I
May 14, 2006 - May 20, 2006 - For special occasions there were freewill offerings. At the harvest and the vintage, the first fruits of the field—corn, wine, and oil—were consecrated as an offering to the Lord.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – First-day Offerings, Part II
May 21, 2006 - May 27, 2006 - In the days of Israel the tithe and freewill offerings were needed to maintain the ordinances of divine service. Should the people of God give less in this age?
Editorial
Editorial – Pre-Advent or Investigative Judgment
Another term for the cleansing of the sanctuary in heaven is the judgment or the investigative judgment. Can you substantiate this from the Bible alone? This doctrine is under attack both within and without God’s professed remnant people.
Church
I entitled it, “I Saw a Great Tumult,” and I want to state at the very beginning that many of the people in Adventism who never figure out the issues presented herein will lose their souls.
Church
God’s True People and the Professed People of God, Part I
There is a vital distinction between the true people of God and the professed, or so-called, people of God. Let us see what the Word of God says in Jeremiah 7:23:...
Bible
Each of God’s people around the world must be involved in the finishing of the work, doing their part through personal testimony and personal witness to those around them. In this article, we will consider “The March” in the Christian’s life.
Doctrine
Bible
The Ten Commandments, Part X – New Testament Sabbath Observance
The context here is establishing New Testament teaching relative to Sabbath observance. The works performed by the Father and Son on the Sabbath are not justification for us to work on the Sabbath.
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.