Tag: Study

  • Which Way?

    By Paul Goddard “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”  — Billy Sunday Read more here: http://www.forthright.net/up_for_the_task/which_way.html

  • Hear the Voice?

    by Paul Goddard “The shepherd always tires to persuade the sheep that their interest, and his own, are the same.” — Henri-Marie Beyle Read the entire article at this link: http://www.forthright.net/up_for_the_task/hear_the_voice.html

  • Some Thoughts on Prayer

    by Tank Tankersley In my Bible class this morning we prayed for the sick.  I’m glad we did.  I’m a believer in prayer.  But there’s so much about it I do not understand.  When the sick get well, we thank God or answering our prayers.  And we should! But when they don’t?  Well, then we…

  • Equality

    By Michael E. Brooks 2008 in Nepal was a year of shortages and insufficiency.  Taxi drivers told of waiting in petrol lines for 24 to 48 hours and then receiving only rationed ten liters of fuel. Read more: http://www.forthright.net/field_notes/equality.html

  • Promise

    by Phil McMillion A promise is a pledge or an assurance that someone will do as he has said, or will keep his word. The concept of promise is a powerful idea in both the Old and New Testaments.  The most important promises are those given by God to the people of faith.  These promises…

  • Study of Satan

    Satan is the grand adversary of God and men (1 Peter5:8).  The personal identification of Satan with the devil is asserted in Revelation 12:9; 20:2. Read more: His Origin and Mission (Part 1) http://www/apologeticspress.org/articles/109 His Origin and Mission (Part 2) http://www/apologeticspress.org/articles/112 Is Satan “Lucifer”? http://www/apologeticspress.org/articles/2215

  • Study of Angels

    The term aggelos, from which the word angel is derived (like its Hebrew equivalent), can be used equally for human and heavenly messengers. Read more: http://www.apolgeticspress.org/articles/468 http://www.joebeam.com/seeingtheunseen.htm

  • Our Goals as Elders

    As shepherds of God’s flock, we want you to have a clear understanding of how we try to live and lead this family.  Peter set forth a clear understanding of what it means to be an elder when he wrote: Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers–not because you…

  • Life on Earth

    “It’s not our job to question what He’s doing with our lives.  He has purpose for it, and we just have to trust Him and know that His plan is the right way.” — Sam Bradford With the hysteria over the current world economic crisis and the fear of global warming, I would like to…

  • In the Dirt

    “The Bible can stand for itself.”–  William F. Albright From Austen Henry Layard’s discovery of the winged bulls of Assyria, to the Ben HaCohen HaGadol inscription found recently in Jerusalem, Biblical archeology has served as means to systematically examine the past. Read more… http://www.forthright.net/up_for_the_task/in_the_dirt.html