LandMarks Magazine Contents

2005 December

Editorial – Types and Shadows, Part VII

We all need to understand that the craving for supremacy is placing men where they will never gain the supremacy in the future life, even if they gain it in this. The ordinance of feet-washing was a revealer of character, and always will be.

Are You Serious about Being Saved? Part 1

We cannot be saved unless we have a perfect character. If we come to the conclusion that we cannot remedy the defects in our character, it is for certain that we will lose eternal life.

A Finished Work—The Challenge

Let us look at the finished work as typified in the conquest of Canaan. The Book of Numbers contains stories that are very familiar to us, but I believe they are stories that teach us what our position and duty are today.

Why Is Persecution Sleeping? Part 111

Carelessness creates bad habits, and, in the end, the careless will be shaken out of the church. “The careless and indifferent, who did not join with those who prized victory and salvation enough to perseveringly plead and agonize for it,...

The Sixth Seal

I believe that, through the sixth seal, God is making known to us the succession of serial events taking place, so the remnant church will know the time in which we are living and what is about to take place.

The Ten Commandments, Part VI: Judged by the Rock

It is dealing with something that is more profound than just curse words on our lips, where we use the name of the Lord when we hit our thumb with the hammer.

Ask the Pastor – The Burning of Rome

In the aftermath of the persecution under Nero that followed the burning of Rome, the Christian community was badly shaken. Scholars believe that some of the New Testament books were written to encourage and support the fledgling church.

Youth to Youth: Just Wait

Are we old enough? A decision as important as marriage should be postponed until we have fully developed both physically and mentally.

Nature Nugget – The Pinyon Pines

There is a unique relationship between the pinyon pines and several species of jays. The whole pinyon pine ecosystem is dependent upon these relationships.

Restoring the Temple – Fruits, Cereals, Vegetables

Those who eat flesh are but eating grains and vegetables at second hand; for the animal receives from these things the nutrition that produces growth.

The Pen of Inspiration – The Story of Jesus

On that night when the angels came to the shepherds of Bethlehem, the wise men had noticed a strange light in the sky. It was the glory which surrounded the angel host.

Food for Life – Raw Cabbage Salad

It is important that we eat whole raw fruits and vegetables. One study documented the blood sugar effects of eating an equal amount of calories from apples, applesauce, and apple juice. Blood sugar peaked at approximately the same time and level with each form of apple. Blood sugar then sharply decreased with all three types ... Read more

Bible Study Guides – The Creator and Upholder of All

January 1, 2006 - January 7, 2006 - After the earth with its teeming animal and vegetable life had been called into existence, man, the crowning work of the Creator, and the one for whom the beautiful earth had been fitted up, was brought upon the stage of action.

Bible Study Guides – The Call of Ancient Israel to the Service of God

January 8, 2006 - January 14, 2006 - How frequently ancient Israel rebelled, and how often they were visited with judgments, and thousands slain, because they would not heed the commands of God who had chosen them!

Bible Study Guides – God’s Claims Forgotten—A Call to Repentance and Reformation

January 15, 2006 - January 21, 2006 - In his study of the causes leading to the Babylonish captivity, Ezra had learned that Israel’s apostasy was largely traceable to their mingling with heathen nations.

Bible Study Guides – Our Time and Talents Belong to God

January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 - Our time belongs to God. Every moment is His, and we are under the most solemn obligation to improve it to His glory. Of no talent He has given will He require a more strict account than of our time.

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