It is essential that we know Christ and not merely the Bible that describes him.

The Joneses believed in God, and taught their children stories from the Bible, even if they did not own a Bible. We don’t know if they got all their facts straight, since they had no Bible themselves, and could not read a Bible even if they had one.

God brought me to my knees pleading for forgiveness because we were not able to hold our marriage together. Now my faith is based solidly on God’s forgiveness and grace. I walk in His strength and not my own weakness.

When in its proper place, music remains one of the best tools for the internalization and expression of spiritual things.

Could it be that suffering is associated with the struggle we all experience daily to resist sin?

God created man and woman in his image and likeness. That means we’ve been designed to manifest God in our lives. When it comes to the woman, what role does she primarily have in being such an agent of the Almighty God?

What kind of servant should we be? 

The Tabernacle was beautiful, in fact dazzlingly beautiful.  It only makes sense that the wood would be as beautiful as all the rest. But there’s an odd thing.  All of the wood was covered over!  Not one bit of it was visible. 

If we aren’t reconciled to our brothers and sisters, does our religious activity even count for anything? The oneness, peace, and reconciliation associated with our relationships as brothers and sisters are right at the core of the gospel message.

Do we reflect on the great things God has done for us, and do we glorify God and esteem his name by talking about those things to each other?

Of course, angels have wings! But wait. Not so fast.

Following is an excerpt of an exhortation given nearly 100 years ago, dealing with an issue that continues to this day—the issue of intolerance. This was shared in North America by Bro. Harry Tennant (Watford, UK) in 1989, as part of an Ecclesial Eldership study day. ~ Editor