1996 December
Editorial
Press together, press together; that you may not be destroyed as were the inhabitants of Jerusalem . . . God calls upon all to stand firm in Christian love,their hearts knit together.
Evangelism
Reporting from Kumasi, W. Africa
We are establishing a natural health clinic in Ghana. Our team consists of a chiropractor, a native herbologist, a naturopathic doctor, and a water therapist. We also call upon the Great Physician regularly and realize that without His help we could do nothing.
Evangelism
Thank You For Your Help For the Work in Ghana !
Many things have been learned from the work in Ghana. One thing is that great progress cannot occur for God’s work in any city or country until there is New Testament church organization. Is your home church organized according to the New Testament?
Bible
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed...And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Doctrine
Since the times of the early church, many variant teachings have been developed in regard to the Godhead and the deity of Christ. As people came into the second Advent movement from many different churches and backgrounds, it is not surprising that there would be different individuals who had contrary ideas about the Godhead.
Nature
Nature Nugget — Luminescent Creatures
We as Christians need to be more luminescent. Jesus says, "Ye are the light of the world . . . Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Matthew 5:14, 16.
Inspiration
I have repeatedly presented before you and others that there would come a shaking time, when everything that can be shaken will be shaken, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. We are now entering upon that time.
Church
From the beginning of sin, those who have remained submissive and dependent upon God by "following the Lamb wherever He goes," have found themselves out of step and independent from the world.
History
Two Very Different Reformation Characters
Louis de Berquin was of noble birth. A brave and courtly knight, he was devoted to study, polished in manners, and of blameless morals. ‘He was,’ says a writer, ‘a great follower of the papistical constitutions, and a great hearer of masses and sermons
Recipe
Many have died with raging fevers consuming them, until the fuel which fed the fever was burned up, the vitals consumed, and have died in the greatest agony, without being permitted to have water to allay their burning thirst.
Children's Story
Children’s Corner — Wigton Martyrs
The story of the Wigton martyrs reveals so much of fiendish cruelty, that every effort has been made to throw discredit upon the story. The more it has been investigated, however, the more apparent is the fiendish cruelty.
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.