2021 July
Editorial
Editorial – The Everlasting Gospel
The everlasting gospel is the good news that the Son of God paid an infinite price for man’s redemption and all who will repent of their sins and unreservedly commit their lives and be baptized will be forgiven and will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Christian Life
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
Bible
God Never Quits He Keeps Appealing
None of these are a good reason to leave Jesus because He is true and faithful to us whether we are faithful to Him or not, but some people leave for one or a combination of these reasons.
Christian Life, Evangelism
From High School Failure to Successful Career
Without a doubt, everyone has a story to tell of how the Lord turns failures into success. I was born in Calcutta, India, to Armenian parents.
Inspiration
Inspiration – Praise Ye the Lord
“Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord” (Psalm 150:6). Have any of us duly considered how much we have to be thankful for?
Children's Story
Story – The Lady With the Lamp
Florence Nightingale...wears her simple nurse’s dress and carries in her hand a tiny lamp, just as she used to do in the hospitals. This is why she has been called “The Lady With the Lamp.”
Keys Storehouse
Keys to the Storehouse – Don’t Just Feel Ready, Be Ready!
Get ready, get ready, get ready. Ye must have a greater preparation than ye now have. … Sacrifice all to God. Lay all upon His altar—self, property, and all, a living sacrifice. It will take all to enter glory.
Nature
The woodpecker is a creature that breaks the rules of evolution in such a way that it could not possibly have evolved. Consider these nine unique features that together declare the Creator of woodpeckers.
Question
Question – How Can I Know When Jesus Will Come?
Question: How Can I Know When Jesus Will Come? Answer: “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.” Matthew 24:36 The above verse is what Jesus said to His disciples regarding the second coming and He repeated in verses 42–44 that the hour of ... Read more
Health
Health – Early Warning Signs of a Stroke
Every 40 seconds – according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this is how often someone in America has a stroke.
Series, Sermon on the Mount
Sermon on the Mount – Have Mercy
Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” Another translation reads, “Blessed are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion.”
Daily Living
I want to talk about spiritual freedom because without that, we truly are not free. We find this additional definition of freedom in the dictionary as...
Recipe
Recipe – Raw or Baked Fruit Crisp
Peach—The Perfect Fruit The peach is a type of stone fruit that encloses a seed within a hard stone or pit inside the fruity flesh. It is a member of the rose family distinguished by its velvety skin, also belonging to the same family of trees as the almond, thus the kernel’s remarkably similar taste ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Occupation and Service
August 1 – 7, 2021 - One of the surest safeguards against evil is useful occupation, while idleness is one of the greatest curses; for vice, crime, and poverty follow in its wake. Those who are always busy, who go cheerfully about their daily tasks, are the useful members of society.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Get Rich Schemes
August 8 – 14, 2021 - Every movement … which comes in to excite the desire to get riches quickly by speculation, takes the minds of the people away from the most solemn truths that ever were given to mortals.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Stewardship as a Talent
August 15 – 21, 2021 - Talents used are talents multiplied. Success is not the result of chance or of destiny; it is the outworking of God’s own providence, the reward of faith and discretion, of virtue and persevering effort.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – The Importance of Charity
August 22 – 28, 2021 - The pure religion of Jesus is the fountain from which flow streams of charity, love, self-sacrifice. A Christian is a Christlike man, a Christlike woman, who is active in God’s service, who is present at the social meeting...
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.