Father’s Day
The Importance Of Fathers I complained to my wife that I couldn’t find any Father’s Day cards that I liked. Most of them were overly sentimental and gushy, sounding too much like a son’s or…
EDITOR’S SMORGASBORD
EXPLORATORY SERVICES Again this month you will find a table of “Exploratory Services” which first ran in the February issue. Information such as this is helpful only if it is current, which is why the…
PIETISM AND PROMISE KEEPERS (A Four-part Series)
Part III. Doubting The Means Of Grace The Reformed and their semi-Lutheran followers (who make so much about small groups and discipleship) need outward proof of the faith. The Bible recognizes only two groups, according…
“When he ascended on high, He led captivity
captive, and gave gifts to men” (Ephesians 4:8). Our Friend In High Places In an election year such as this the subject of campaign financing can make a cynic out of anyone. In an effort…
THE HOLY SPIRIT AT THE HELM
“You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts…
“New Creatures In Christ”
2 Cor. 5:17 Studies in Second Corinthians Chapter 9 THIS GRACE OF GIVING: II Most of us have heard some fairly ridiculous but amusing — by accident or design — sermon themes. There is the…
After The Death of Luther —
How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged (Ten Parts) Part Six Osiander’s Attack On Justification The Reformation began with Luther’s clear teaching about justification by faith, apart from works. Luther ignited a continuing firestorm of…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Genesis Chapter Forty-One JOSEPH IS REMEMBERED How many times in your life have you said, “I forgot”? Forgetfulness is a frustrating human frailty. We forget birthdays, anniversaries, appointments,…
ARREST THAT MAN!
King Jeroboam said it this way: “Lay hold on him” (1 Kgs. 13). A man of God had interrupted a worship service in Bethel at the very moment the king “stood by the altar to…
PIETISM AND PROMISE KEEPERS (a four-part series)
Part II. Methods of Pietism We must observe and avoid the Promise Keepers (Romans 16:17) because their doctrine and methods are derived from the errors of Pietism. They clearly do not trust in the efficacy…