2017 June
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – The Light of the World
July 9 – 15, 2017-“God is light; and in the words, ‘I am the light of the world’ (John 8:12, first part), Christ declared His oneness with God, and His relation to the whole human family."
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – The Blind Man
July 16 – 22, 2017-“The manifestation of divine power that had given to the blind man both natural and spiritual sight had left the Pharisees in yet deeper darkness."
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Bible Study Guides – The Good Shepherd
July 23 – 29, 2017-"He [Christ] … presented the parable of the true and the false shepherds, telling them that He was the good shepherd who laid down His life for His sheep;..."
Food
Food – The Forgotten Wheat Germ
“Wheat germ … is an excellent source of vegetable proteins, along with fiber and healthy fats. It is also a good source of magnesium, zinc, thiamin, folate, potassium, and phosphorus...."
Recipe
Recipe Almond Butter Balls ½ cup almond butter ½ cup honey 1 cup wheat germ ¼ cup unsweetened coconut Mix almond butter, wheat germ and honey and roll into little balls. Then roll in the coconut. Eat fresh, refrigerate so they will firm up, or freeze. Yummy!
Doctrine
"...How important,...that every mind contemplate often the solemn scene when the judgment shall sit and the books shall be opened, when, with Daniel, every individual must stand in his lot, at the end of the days.”
Editorial
Editorial – The Supreme Object of Life
In Proverbs 11:4, the wise man wrote that righteousness delivers from death. In Proverbs 12:28, he wrote that the way of righteousness is life and in its pathway there is no death.
Church
The apostolic church over a relatively short period became highly organized. This was not possible without the blessing of the Holy Spirit which works through organized means. Within 25 or 30 years after the crucifixion of Christ, the apostle Paul wrote to the church at Colossae that the gospel had gone to every creature under ... Read more
The greatest victories for the church and for the individual Christian are not those victories gained by talent, education, wealth or the favor of man but those victories that are gained in the audience chamber with God, when earnest, agonizing faith lays hold upon the mighty arm of power.
Church
There is no greater peace, in the fullest meaning of the word, that one can have than is obtained in recognizing that Christ’s victory over the enemy of souls is our victory as well.
Children's Story
Children’s Story – Saved from a Panther
The story tells how God heard the prayer of two little girls, and protected them from a panther when they were walking home through the woods one evening in Pennsylvania.
Current Events
Current Events – Body Arts, Beauty or Mutilation?
Modification of the body, whether permanent or semi-permanent, has been happening for many generations and is done for various reasons, such as ritual, supposed beautification or aesthetics, rites of passage, religious beliefs or to display group membership or affiliation.
Keys Storehouse
Keys to the Storehouse – Examine Yourself
All of us have, at one time or another, picked flaws in the motives and principles of others, thinking that we had good wisdom. Many have overlooked the Bible description of wisdom which says: “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy ... Read more
Inspiration
Pen of Inspiration – To the “Little Flock”
The mighty shaking has commenced and will go on, and all will be shaken out who are not willing to take a bold and unyielding stand for the truth and to sacrifice for God and His cause.
Question
Question & Answer – Was King Herod a Jew?
Herod professed to be a proselyte of the Jewish faith.
Health
Many times we hear or read something and as time goes on we tend to put it in the back closet of our minds. And of course, anything stored in the back closet usually stays there, well hidden, from our daily thoughts.
Life Sketches
Life Sketches Series – By What Power is This Miracle?
There have been, and there are still, many religions in the world, but it is only the Christian religion that has demonstrated in its leader and founder the ability to raise the dead. This is not referring to spirits or apparitions, but about a bodily resurrection. Only by the power of the leader of the ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Feeding the Multitude
June 25 – July 1, 2017-"...‘Give ye them to eat’ (Matthew 14:16). His command is a promise; and behind it is the same power that fed the multitude beside the sea.”
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Bible Study Guides – The Bread of Life
July 2 – 8, 2017-“And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger;and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst” (John 6:35).
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.