2021 August
Editorial
There are many inspired statements that tell us exactly what we are to do and the condition that we are to be in to be ready for the second coming of Jesus.
Church
Knowing the Truth is Not Enough
Why is it not enough to have the truth? We read in Romans 1:18,... It is not enough to just know the truth.
Daily Living
Concerning the fruitage of the latter rain, we read, “By thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warning will be given. …
Prophecy
Suppose a sudden disaster occurred on planet earth, and all life came to an end except for one – you. The whole planet, everywhere you look, the cities and the great works of mankind are broken down and burned,...
Inspiration
Inspiration – The Promise of Final Triumph
And yet, with God’s help, His servants will finally triumph. “Wherefore,” My brethren, “I desire that ye faint not” (Ephesians 3:13), because of the trying experiences that are before you.
Children's Story
Joshua was a tall black man, a Zulu, in Africa. He wore a long, white robe, and always carried a Bible in his hand or under his arm. But Joshua was in prison.
Keys Storehouse
As we evaluate our own lives, the things we read, watch, listen to, wear, pursue, what we say, how we use our means, how we spend our time – in prayer, in study – are we able to clearly see where we are anchored?
Nature
Add to this package highly efficient digestive and respiratory systems, a large and powerful heart, and feathers that streamline, insulate, and provide the necessary lift for wings and tail, and it is easy to understand how Solomon could describe a bird in the air as a sight “too wonderful for me” (Proverbs 30:18, 19).
Question
Question – How Do I Know That I’m a Christian?
Question - How Do I Know That I’m a Christian?
Health
Health – What’s in Your Mouth?
Famed doctor and author Dean Ornish, MD, convincingly proved that a plant-based whole food diet coupled with exercise and stress management could reverse the atherosclerotic plaques and indolent prostate cancer.
Series, Sermon on the Mount
Jesus introduced the sixth step of the spiritual ladder that will lead a person into the kingdom of God in Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
Daily Living
Testimony – The Man in the Hallway
I took one look at the phone and stepped toward the hallway, then looked up and there in the hallway was a man. I can’t remember his face.
Food, Recipe
What am I? Fruit or Vegetable? The cucumber is a creeping vine plant of the Cucurbitaceae gourd family that bears cucuminform fruit. It originated in South Asia, but now grows on most continents. There are three main varieties of cucumber – slicing, pickling and burpless/seedless. The cucumber roots in the ground and grows up supporting ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Behavior and Underlying Motives
August 29 – September 4, 2021 - Every act of our lives, whether excellent and praiseworthy, or deserving of censure, is judged by the Searcher of hearts according to the motives which prompted it.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Thoughts and Moods
September 5 – 11, 2021 - “Let your spirit be cleansed from all earthliness, all unholy, uncharitable thoughts. Let your words be clean, sanctified, vivifying and refreshing all with whom you associate.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – An Unfailing Virtue
September 12 – 18, 2021 - The measure we mete is always measured to us again. Pure love is simple in its operations and is distinct from any other principle of action.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – A Cause for Rejoicing!
September 19 – 25, 2021 - Bible charity is not sentimentalism, but love in active exercise. To heal the hurt of the daughter of My people, slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace; when there is no peace’ (Jeremiah 6:14; 8:11), is called charity.
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.