A. Eli and his sons. 1. The wickedness of Hophni and Phinehas: a. What does Scripture mean when it calls Eli’s sons “Sons of Belial?” I Sam. 25:17; II Kings 21:10-13; II Cor. 6:15. b. What particular sins did these men commit in the tabernacle? c. Why were their sins so serious? Ex. 39:30, 31; […]
This article is written mainly for those who are considering making public confession of their faith. What is this faith that you are confessing? This faith is a sure knowledge of God, isn’t it? It is not an abstract knowledge not even similar to knowledge that is learned from schooling and the study of certain […]
Goliath was a giant Whom David came to fight. This giant defied Israel, And boasted of his might. But David came up boldly, And with his little sling Declared that he to Israel A victory would bring. Now David had much courage, But he had faith as well, And with a stone the mighty Philistine […]
When you young people have a sad look on your faces, when the twinkle in your eyes is not there, when your usual smile is gone, while you are actually in good health and have no bodily pains, we know that there is something wrong in your soul. You have troubled thoughts and aching hearts. […]
The following was written after rereading an article written by my mother, which I happened to come across shortly after her death. In reading the article I realized that many tears were shed by my parents on my behalf along with the tears that were shed by other parents for their children. In rereading the […]
.. the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. . . The Christian virtues named in scripture are characteristics which every Christian has in embryo form but which must grow from this embryo starting point into full-blossomed flowers which characterize the whole person. So […]
Repentance is a very important part of the life of a child of God. Apart from repentance of his sins he has no salvation. The Bible makes this very clear. While Jesus was in Perea some came to Him with a report of murder. Pilate, the Roman governor, had murdered a number of Galileans in […]
“Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against you. .. .” Luke 17:3 There was a young minister, who soon after his arrival in his first congregation met up with a parishioner who strongly disliked him. The man refused to talk to him. What made matters even worse was, that while this minister was […]
Why? That one-word question has been asked by you, your brothers, your sisters, and all the children over the whole world. It has been the spring-board for countless lessons taught by your parents, teachers and ministers. And now I will ask you the same question: why is the first sentence I wrote true? And another: […]