WE have dwelt at some length upon the influence of family life, because it appeals to us as the right approach to the subject of training the young. There is no influence to equal that of a good home. One of the major tragedies of our time is the disruption of home life. Its disastrous consequences …
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We need not be discouraged because of the stolid indifference of the people to the truth. Flesh and blood is naturally swinish and unimpressible by the thoughts of God. The world, which is choked with religion, such as it is, is made of this stiff-necked material. It is in the state of an inebriate …
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In our last issue we carried a brief report from Sydney outlining the results of a combined Arranging Brethren’s meeting held in June. The purpose of the meeting was to address a number of issues relating to false ideas on the Spirit, unbalanced views on grace and redemption and misleading positio…
There is an old saying that says, “Trifles make perfection but perfection is no trifle”.
When we contemplate this for a moment, we perceive its truth. In great works of art, it is that added touch that makes the ordinary painting a masterpiece. In athletics, a runner may win every race by a f…
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To follow the Lord we must first count the cost. A half-hearted devotion to the Lord does not escape his scrutiny. He knows whether we want the best of both worlds or worst, waste our talents, our energy, our time on ourselves and give him second best. Where is our heart? What really dominates our t…
In the south there is an old man with a row boat who ferries passengers across a mile wide river for ten cents. Asked “How many times a day do you do this?” he said, “As many times as I can because the more I go the more I get, and if 1 don’t go, I don’t get.” This old man knows well a l…
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Our feature for this issue continues on the theme “Knowing God”. How important it is for us to know our God and His beloved Son, Jesus Christ our Saviour. If we would please God and find approval in His sight then we must learn about Him. Those rejected in the day of judgement will be told to de…
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I fall else fails, try reading the directions.” How many times have we heard this advice after endless attempts to put together a child’s toy that comes ‘knock-down’. We think, “there’s nothing to this”, until we try to piece together the many strange-looking pieces and find to our dis…
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They were the best scholars of the day. They read their Scriptures meticulously. They had memorized large portions of it. They had discussed and debated it at length. But when Jesus Christ came, his repeated challenge to the Scribes and Pharisees was, “Have ye not read?” The Scribes and Pharisee…
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There is a story about two men riding together, the one a believer in the Bible and the other a traveling salesman whose product was soap. The soap salesman said, “The gospel you preach has not done much good, for there is still a lot of wickedness in the world and a lot of wicked people, too.” …
