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Get Up and Try Again
“For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: but even after we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at…
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Old Forms of Christianity
In the Winston-Salem Journal dated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 there appeared this news item: “A priest with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia…is trying to bring one of the…
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The Sincere Milk of the Word
The apostle Peter wrote: “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.” (1 Peter 2:2) We might make several observations about this passage.…
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The World’s Influence
The Book of Proverbs is a book of wisdom—wisdom on how to live one’s life. One of its early pieces of advice is this: “My son, if sinners entice thee…
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My Brother and I
In Ephesians 4:31-32 Paul writes: “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one…
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The Druids and Sun Worship
A few years ago the Winston-Salem Journal carried a news story on the Druids. The lead paragraph begins, “Druids have been worshipping the sun and earth for thousands of years…
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Cohabitation
A few years ago this headline appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal: “Weddings drop to lowest level for over 100 years.” Much of the article had to do with present economic…
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An Opportunity
The apostle Paul wrote: “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:10) There are…
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Spread the News
The apostle John in a message to his fellow Christians wrote: “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we…
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“Rock the Universe”
In the church office we get all kinds of advertisements. A few years ago we received one entitled: “Rock the Universe.” It was a religious rock concert being held at…