2021 December
Editorial
Editorial – What Is Your Attitude Toward Sin?
Sin is the breaking of God’s law and your attitude toward sin is a revelation: (1) whether you are converted, (2) whether you are getting ready to go to heaven or hell, and (3) whether or not you are sanctified (Hebrews 12; 1 Peter 1).
Faith
Faith, trust, and obedience is our only avenue to happiness in Christ Jesus. Obedience to His commandments, obedience to His Spirit’s leading, obedience in the face of no evidence except our faith in Him who promises to be faithful in all things.
Daily Living
"Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect." Matthew 5:48 We are all familiar with the statement Christ made in His Sermon on the Mount to be perfect.
Christian Life
Many reasons were given by these individuals as to why they had decided to abandon their faith, but one in particular stood out to me, “Why doesn’t God show up?
Christian Life
The Value of Something Almost Lost
Sometimes we are not aware of how important something is until it is almost lost or even gone. For example, many do not understand just how wonderful and important good health is until they are sick or no longer strong and healthy.
Children's Story
Story – The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
So herein lies the greatest love story ever told. The story of a God who wanted children so much that He created worlds until one chose not to be His.
Inspiration
Inspiration – The Warfare Before Us
Let us beware of dealing unkindly with those who, like ourselves, are subjects of temptation and who, like ourselves also, are the objects of Christ’s unfailing love.
Keys Storehouse
Keys to the Storehouse – Giving and Remembrance
For Christians, the Christmas season should be about giving and remembering. Remembering God’s ultimate gift—His Son, and Jesus’ ultimate gift—His life;
Nature
Nature – Why Birds’ Feet Don’t Freeze
...for birds such as geese, ducks, and other waterfowl that spend time on ice or in cold water, keeping their legs and feet warm is essential for survival. Birds rely on a vascular system called rete mirabile designed to keep their feet warm.
Question
Question – How was the ark able to withstand the flood?
Question - How was the ark able to withstand the flood?
Health
Health – The Health Benefits of Singing
Many studies done over a number of years have focused on the health benefits of singing, and the evidence is overwhelming: singing is good for you.
Series, Sermon on the Mount
But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ [a person who has abandoned himself to wickedness] shall be in danger of hell fire.” Matthew 5:21, 22
Recipe
Recipe – Apple and Pomegranate Jellies
Pomegranate The pomegranate, categorized as a berry, is a shrub that produces a red, round fruit about 2-5 inches in diameter. The skin is thick and inedible with hundreds of edible seeds within. Each seed is surrounded by a red, juicy and sweet seed covering known as an aril. The seeds and arils are eaten ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study – The Importance of Prophecy
December 26, 2021 – January 1, 2022 - Why should we earnestly heed the counsel given by the apostle Peter regarding prophecy? 2 Peter 1:19–21; 3:1–7
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study – God’s Character Revealed Through Jesus
January 2 – 8, 2022 - “Christ came to this world to live the law and represent the character of God, that the delusions which Satan had brought upon the world might be dispelled.” The Signs of the Times, February 24, 1898.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study – John the Revelator
January 9 – 15, 2022 - “John, the beloved disciple, was exiled to lonely Patmos, that he might be separated from all strife, and even from the work he loved, and that the Lord might commune with him and open before him the closing scenes in this earth’s history.”
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study – The Book of Revelation
January 16 – 22, 2022 - In the Revelation all the books of the Bible meet and end. Here is the complement of the book of Daniel. One is a prophecy; the other a revelation.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study – Christ in the Heavenly Sanctuary
January 23 – 29, 2022 - We have such an high priest … a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.