2024 January
Editorial
The Promise of the Melchizedek Priesthood
The Melchizedek priesthood is all powerful and can save any sinner (Hebrews 7:25). Have you asked Him to save you?
Daily Living
The next step in genuine repentance is confession. “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13.
Christian Life
“The strongest temptation is no excuse for sin. However great the pressure brought to bear upon the soul, transgression is our own act....
Bible
The Beginning of Religion – A Lie About the Immortal Soul
In the realm of Western civilization and culture, the concept of a self-existent, immaterial, spiritual, and immortal soul, which is widespread in, among others, the Roman Catholic Church and many Protestant denominations,...
Children's Story
Some boys would change without thinking of letting a promise stand in their way, but that is the kind of boy who, sooner or later, is not wanted.
Inspiration
“Son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at My mouth, and warn them from Me....
Keys Storehouse
“If men can make so much ado over the Queen’s Jubilee, if they can manifest so much enthusiasm over a finite being, can we not speak to the glory of the Prince of Life,...
Nature
The duck-billed platypus is a unique mammal, very unlike any other mammal. They make their homes in the freshwater creeks and rivers of Tasmania and the eastern and southeastern coasts of Australia.
Health
Minerals are inorganic substances that do not break down easily, maintaining their chemical structure. Most scientists divide minerals into two groups: macro or major minerals and micro or trace minerals.
Series, The Mystery of Godliness
The Spiritual Nature of the Law
But in this text, Paul admits, without realizing it, that he did not understand the spiritual nature of the law. He knew the words, but he did not know the part the law played in the spiritual transformation of his heart.
Recipe
Corn Corn is the third-most cultivated crop in the world, following wheat and rice. Originating in the Americas—but grown on every continent except Antarctica—over 440 million tons of corn are harvested yearly throughout the world. In 2019, US farmers planted 91.7 million acres of corn—the equivalent of 69 million football fields. There are six main ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
January 28 – February 3, 2024 - “God is a God of order. Everything connected with heaven is in perfect order; subjection and thorough discipline mark the movements of the angelic host....
Bible Study Guides
February 4 – 10, 2024 - ...and that some will reject the truth as it is presented by one laborer, only to open their hearts to God’s truth as it is presented in a different manner by another laborer, they will hopefully endeavor to labor together in unity.
Bible Study Guides
February 11 – 17, 2024 - Since the Roman Catholic organizational system is thoroughly hierarchical, what do some Protestants fear will be the results of following order and organization? 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 4
Bible Study Guides
February 18 – 24, 2024 - “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one Shepherd.” John 10:16
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.