LandMarks Magazine Contents

2003 February

As We Near the End of Time, Part II

The Bible says, "And these happened to them for examples, and it is written for our warnings, upon whom the ends of the ages have come." 1 Corinthians 10:11. These things happened to them as types of things that would happen again at the end of the world.

The Important Factor of Love

The Lord desires me to call the attention of his people to the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians. Read this chapter every day, and from it obtain comfort and strength. Learn from it the value that God places on sanctified, heaven-born love, and let the lesson that it teaches come home to your hearts.

God’s Farmacy, Part I

Food is your medicine. God’s Farmacy is found in your back yard garden and in your grocery store. Genesis 1:11, 12 and Genesis 2:5–8, 15 tell us that God planted vegetation before He put man in the Garden. Everything Adam needed was in that Garden.

Remember The Sabbath Day . . . Part VI

Not all who profess to keep the Sabbath will be sealed. There are many even among those who teach the truth to others who will not receive the seal of God in their foreheads.

Faith vs. Feeling

"Faith is not dependent on feeling. Daily we should dedicate ourselves to God and believe that Christ understands and accepts the sacrifice, without examining ourselves to see if we have that degree of feeling that we think should correspond with our faith.

Notes of Affection

God has written notes of affection to you and to me—for us to read over and over, to cherish, and to find strength, hope, and the reassurance that we are loved.

From the Pen of Inspiration – My Son, Give Me Thy Heart

God says, "My son, give me thy heart." Will you refuse him that which you cannot give with merit because it is his already,—that which you cannot refuse without ruin to your own soul?

Restoring the Temple – The Cardiovascular System

William Harvey, an English Physician, first described blood circulation in 1628, and although great strides had been made toward understanding the cardiovascular system, it was not until the middle to last part of the twentieth century that scientists came to understand its functions.

Children’s Story – God Seen in All His Works

"True," replied the Baron, "and in this way I judge the character of our heavenly Father. I know by His works that He is a being of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness."

Nature Nugget – Microevolution, Macroevolution, and Natural Selection

The theory of Evolution can be divided into two categories: Microevolution and Macroevolution. As with all of Satan’s deceptions, he has mixed truth and error together in order to deceive.

Food for Life – Potato Waffles and Tofu Omelet

It is the custom and order of society to take a slight breakfast. But this is not the best way to treat the stomach. At breakfast time the stomach is in a better condition to take care of more food than at the second or third meal of the day. The habit of eating a ... Read more

Bible Study Guides – Hebrews 5

February 23–March 1, 2003 - As the Son of God, was Christ subject to suffering and temptation? Hebrews 5:8. Compare Hebrews 2:18; 4:15. NOTE: "In Christ were united the human and the divine. His mission was to reconcile God and man,...

Bible Study Guides – Hebrews 6:9-18

March 2-8, 2003 - How did Paul express his hope for these people? Hebrews 6:9. NOTE: "Even in the corrupt condition in which the society of today is, there are souls capable of better things...

Bible Study Guides – Hebrews 6:19-7:3

March 9-15, 2003 - What is our hope called? Hebrews 6:19. NOTE: "Mourn not as those who are hopeless and helpless. Jesus lives, and because He lives, we shall live also.

Bible Study Guides – Hebrews 7:4-14

March 16-22, 2003 - What proof is given for the greatness of Melchizedek? Hebrews 7:4. NOTE: "Many persons will meet all inferior demands and dues, and leave to God only the last gleanings, if there be any. If not, his cause must wait till a more convenient season.

Bible Study Guides – Hebrews 7:15-26

March 23-29, 2003 - How did the first priests receive their positions? Hebrews 7:16, first part. Compare Exodus 29:29, 30; Numbers 20:26, 28. NOTE: "Doubtless [it is] called ‘carnal’ with reference to the fact that the commandment specified succession by physical descent."

Editorial – The Latter Rain of the Holy Spirit

Could we receive the latter rain of the Holy Spirit if we pray long enough and hard enough? Many people think so. The problem is that the latter rain does not do any good for a plant that has not received the former rain.

All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.