LandMarks Magazine Contents

2024 February

Editorial – Keep Your Heart

“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23, is the counsel of the wisest of all men. “For as he thinks in his heart, so he is.” Proverbs 23:7, first part

The Basic Principles of God’s Kingdom

Jesus is saying that if I want to be part of His kingdom, I must understand the basic principles of His kingdom. “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,...

Two Images

As we understand this part of the prophecy, it sets up the scene to understand the two images of the future. First let’s continue to understand this first image of Revelation 13.

Bear Ye One Another

“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2

Story – Timour and the Ant

Timour was a famous chief in Asia. His enemies were on his track. If they caught him, they were going to kill him. To save his life, he hid in a lonely building in the wilderness.

Giant Troubles

But just as Goliath was no match for David and his reliance on God, your giant troubles can be overcome when you place your full reliance upon God.

Nature – Dragonflies

There are approximately 5,000 known species of dragonflies, identified as a part of the Odonata order of insects. Of those species, 3,000 extant species of true dragonflies are known.

Health – Colors

But there is a whole science behind colors and how they can affect human beings—physically, psychologically, and emotionally—called Color Psychology.

The Original Mind

And this humiliation [becoming a human being] on His part was that He might restore to man the original mind, the image of God, which he lost in Eden through Satan’s alluring temptations, that man might realize that it is for his present and eternal good to obey the requirements of God.

Recipe – Panna Cotta with Mixed Berries

Berries Berries are usually juicy, round, brightly-colored, sweet, sour, or tart, and do not have a stone, although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples are strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, red currants, black currants, huckleberries, bilberries, and bearberries. A true berry is a fruit which grows from one flower with one ovary. Cranberries and blueberries ... Read more

Ordination

February 25 – March 2, 2024 - How were candidates for ordination chosen in the days of the apostles? Acts 6:1–4; Titus 1:5–9

Qualifications for Ordination

March 3 – 9, 2024 - Considering the power of the gospel as revealed in the New Testament, are the qualifications for the ordained ministry to be higher or lower than in the Old Testament?

Settling Divisions in the Church

March 10 – 16, 2024 Key Text “Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter [the Gentile converts and circumcision].” Acts 15:6 Study Help: The Acts of the Apostles, 187–200 Introduction “Not until you feel that you could sacrifice your own self-dignity, and even lay down your life in order to save ... Read more

Old Testament Cities of Refuge

March 17 – 23, 2024 - Since the cities of refuge were provided only for those who had accidentally killed a person, what happened to an individual who was convicted for deliberate murder? Numbers 35:16, 21, 31

Jehovah’s Modern City of Refuge

March 24 – 30, 2024 - “The church is God’s fortress, His city of refuge, which He holds in a revolted world. Any betrayal of the church is treachery to Him who has bought mankind with the blood of His only begotten Son.

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