The inspired writers of the New Testament presented a wonderfully consistent attitude toward the truth of God’s Word. To the Ephesian brethren Paul wrote, “Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”  (Ephesians 5:17.)  He commended the early spiritual training of Timothy, his own son, in the faith, by urging,

The Christians of the first century came into Christ’s body as they obeyed the gospel.  When they “obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine,” they then became “the servants of righteousness.” (Romans 6:17,18.) Salvation was not (and is not) earned or merited, yet it has always followed obedience to the simple gospel.  The vengeance

“For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.  The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away:  but the word of the Lord endures forever . . .”  (1 Peter 1:24,25.) The Bible is no ordinary book.  As a product of God’s divine mind it shines

My mirror is mistaken in what it shows me, The me I see not even close to true; I’m fooled by my reflection and what my eyes can see, The same pertains to how I look at you. There’s more to you than meets the eye, You’re more than you appear; Beneath, behind your clear

Before his election as our twentieth United States President, James A. Garfield, was a well-known gospel preacher and educator.  He had also been another kind of president; president of an institution known as Hiram College.  The story is told of one man who brought his son to Garfield for entrance into the college with the

The prayer we have come to call the “Lord’s Prayer” contains this thought-provoking phrase:  “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.”  (Matthew 6:12, McCord.) Asking God to forgive us as we forgive others is a sobering proposition! God knows more about us than we know about ourselves.  He understands that

Most of us know better than we do.  And most of us intend better than we perform.  But we feel as if time is on our side.  We’ll get to it eventually.  We’ll begin tomorrow. Sadly, many of us never “get to it” and tomorrow never comes. Procrastination is still the thief of time. The

Have you ever wondered just why it is That people act as they do; Why otherwise kindly, benevolent souls Will act as if meant for the zoo? You’ve seen it, I’m sure – you’ve witnessed the shame The stomping, the snorting, the brays, When a Christian who usually acts as he should Discovers he can’t

“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be held in reverence by all those around Him.”  (Psalm 89:7.) Our God is not a myth.  He is not a work of fiction.  The God of heaven is not dead as some cynics have mockingly taunted.  He is not even

The Bible is a marvelous book, characterized by brevity and clarity.  One of the many proofs of the Bible’s inspiration is the unusual terseness with which events are reported.  A mere man, without divine guidance, would no doubt have penned chapters upon chapters concerning the account of creation, yet Moses, by the inspiration of God,