Where Prayers Collide

Where Prayers Collide

One of the ironies of the American Civil War is that Christians on both sides prayed to God for victory. Of course, the Lord did not regard many of these prayers because the lives and motives of the people who prayed them were selfish. But there were Christians on...
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Paul wrote to the Philippians in Philippians 4:6, “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Paul also wrote, “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ...

A Focus on Prayer

In I Timothy 2:1-4, God speaks through Paul telling him, Timothy, and us, “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet...

Impressions from the Koran

Having read the Koran in its entirety (A. J. Arberry’s translation), I have various impressions of it. Some might accuse me of lacking objectivity, to which I would reply that everyone has a worldview which he brings to any subject. It is possible, by the evidence, to...

Bible Facts on Government

Civil government is of God. “The powers that be are ordained of God” (Rom. 13:1). It is not of the devil as Jehovah’s Witnesses say. Governments often become corrupt, but the principle and institution of civil government is right. Homes also can become corrupt, but...