2008 June
Editorial
What are you afraid of? Fear leads to anxiety—a troubled heart. One of the wonderful effects of the gospel is its ability to deliver the fearful from their fears and anxieties.
Salvation
What is it that causes God’s people to be clothed in filthy garments? Obviously, a garment that is filthy is a garment that is not pure.
Christian Life
God created marriage. As Jesus said, He made them male and female; He ordained and performed the first marriage, and His involvement does not stop there.
Prophecy
Today, God is making His final appeal through the Three Angels’ Messages—there will not be another appeal.
Bible
Do you suppose that John the Baptist would have spent time and allowed himself to be influenced by daily watching television or listening to what comes over the radio?
Daily Living
Often when we talk with the Lord the answer appears to be silence. What does the silence mean? This is a question upon which we can reflect with profit.
Inspiration
Pen of Inspiration – Christ’s Mission to Earth
Christ came to the earth, taking humanity and standing as man’s representative, to show in the controversy with Satan that he was a liar, and that man, as God created him, connected with the Father and the Son, could obey every requirement of God.
Question
Question – What do my eating habits have to do with my religion?
Question: What do my eating habits have to do with my religion? Answer: We all have certain eating habits....
Health
Vitamin D works alongside calcium to ensure the formation and maintenance of healthy bones. A deficiency of vitamin D can lead to rickets in children or osteomalacia and osteoporosis in adults.
Nature
Morpho butterflies have few predators because of poisonous compounds stored in their bodies from their diet as caterpillars, but some birds such as jacamars and flycatchers are able to eat them in spite of their toxicity.
Children's Story
Children’s Story – When the Bandit Chief Paid a Debt
The head of the bandits in that region was Chief Lu Hsin-Ming, a very cruel and wicked man. He was ignorant and degraded. Human life to him meant nothing at all.
Food
Food – Health Gains From Whole Grains
Returning to whole grains and other less-processed sources of carbohydrates improves health in a myriad of ways. As researchers have begun to look more closely at carbohydrates and health,...
Recipe
¼ cup millet, uncooked ¼ cup barley, uncooked 1/3 cup brown rice, uncooked 1 cup chopped onions 1 cup chopped green pepper ½ cup finely chopped carrots 1 16-ounce can kidney beans 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce 1 16-ounce can tomatoes, chopped, drained (reserve liquid) 1 ½ cup canned or frozen corn, drained 1 teaspoon ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Divine Power in Redemption
June 29, 2008 - July 5, 2008 - What is amply provided through the plan of redemption? Matthew 11:28–30; Hebrew 7:25
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – The Power of God’s Word
July 6, 2008 - July 12, 2008 - In the study of the Bible the student should be led to see the power of God’s word. In the creation, ‘He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.’ He ‘calleth those things which be not as though they were’ (Psalm 33:9; Romans ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – The Power of God’s Word Pt.2
July 13, 2008 - July 19, 2008 - The means by which we can overcome the wicked one is that by which Christ overcame—the power of the word. God does not control our minds without our consent; but if we desire to know and to do His will, His promises are ours:...
Bible Study Guides
July 20, 2008 - July 26, 2008 - “Jesus came to ‘destroy the works of the devil.’ ‘In Him was life,’ and He says, ‘I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.’ I John 3:8; John 1:4; 10:10.”
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.