2009 February
Editorial
Editorial – Christ our Example
If you are a Christian, Jesus is your example in all things. Our work as Christians is to spread the good news of the gospel. When this is accepted it will change every aspect of life and bring harmony and peace.
Bible
...we are going to spend all eternity studying the meaning of the cross; it is the focal point of everything else. My freshman composition teacher used to say that when you are writing a paper,...
Daily Living
When the motive power in the life of the Christian is the love of Jesus, it will henceforth bring about the fruit of joy! It is on this basis that Paul speaks, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,” etc.
Evangelism
Mine is a testimony of being set free from both spiritual and literal prisons. Yet many who have never been behind iron bars have been prisoners to shame and guilt through sin, which is transgression of God’s laws.
Faith
Faith comes by the word of God. Justification by faith, then, is justification that comes by the word of God. Righteousness by faith is righteousness that comes by the word of God.
Daily Living
The Self-Recrimination of a Mother
Mothers, I challenge you to implement the cure for self-recrimination. In the daily struggle of motherhood, take time to focus on the promises of God and less on your defects and unworthiness.
Health
Health – Skin: Dam, Filter, or Sponge
The skin is made up of three different layers: the epidermis, the dermis, and the subcutis. Each of these layers is further categorized by their respective layers.
Question
What does it mean when the Bible says: you know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked? Revelation 3:17. I cannot see how a person can be in such a condition as this and not know it.
Children's Story
Children’s Story – The Kitten and the Cobra
There, coiled in front of me, was a black cobra; its hood flared and head moving hypnotically back and forth, hissing at the kitten, which was moving in circles around it.
Recipe
Recipe – “Curried” Vegetable Soup
Recipe - “Curried” Vegetable Soup 1 medium onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 Tbsp. olive oil 1 can coconut milk 6 cups water 2 tsp. ground cumin 1 tsp. anise seed, ground or whole 1 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. coriander 1 Tbsp. onion powder ½ tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. turmeric ¼ tsp. ... Read more
Food
Food – Small Intestine Helpers
The liver and gallbladder are organs associated with the digestion that occurs in the small intestine. The liver’s only digestive function is to produce bile, for export to the duodenum.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Light for the Gentiles
March 1, 2009 - March 7, 2009 - What assurances from Isaiah 54 can we claim today, and on what conditions? Isaiah 54:4, 5, 13, 17; I John 3:22; 2:4–7.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Our Great Responsibility Today
March 8, 2009 - March 14, 2009 - “It is heartwork that the Lord requires, good works springing from a heart filled with love.” Testimonies, vol. 2, 146.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Earth’s Final Days
March 15, 2009 - March 21, 2009 - How does Isaiah depict the condition of the earth in the final days? Isaiah 24:1–4. Note: “The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen, men who occupy positions of trust and authority,.."
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – A Present View of Eternity
March 22, 2009 - March 28, 2009 - Describe the lifestyle on the new earth. Isaiah 65:21–25.Note: “There [in the Holy City] the redeemed shall know, even as also they are known...."
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.