As time moves toward Christ's return, the reporting of news events grows evermore discouraging. In one sense, this should be somewhat more encouraging, because Christ's return with the solutions to mankind's problems is that …
More than 19 centuries ago, God inspired the apostle Paul to predict today's global attitudes and write them down to warn us: "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves . . . …
It is that time of year when we Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. These days, it seems like it exists as "Opening Day" to the Christmas retail sales season when shoppers can find discounts up to 70 percent off regular prices. …

(3) So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
Some time ago, in his "A Moment of Hope" radio commentary, a local preacher spoke of the power of words and how, if we want our lives to be hopeful, we need to keep our speech positive. He then quoted Proverbs 18:21 as wisdom on the …
Many of us have been members of the church of God for several decades. Most of the time, we feel we are doing fairly well spiritually. Still, occasionally we remember sins we committed when relatively new in the faith, and such memories cause us pain. Our past sins have tormented all of us at some point. We stand self-condemned and vulnerable to the evil ploys of “the accuser of our brethren” to get us to dwell on them (Revelation 12:10). But, as Martin Collins said in his sermon, “Are You Feeling Guilty of Past Sins?,” “We cannot experience the joy of salvation while we are obsessing on …
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