WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT...

Living a Life of Thanksgiving to the Lord For God's people, Thanksgiving is far more than a special day on the calendar. The Bible urges us to live a life of thanksgiving each day. Being thankful to God for all of His blessings is truly a mark of the Christian. So let me give you four biblical ways to express your thanksgiving to the Lord at this wonderful season of the year. The base I want to build on is Psalm 100, a song of praise to God as our Creator, Sustainer and Redee

by Dorothy Hsu When I awoke in the morning, the desperate prayer was on my lips. During the day it was almost a continuous plea that didn't subside until I finally dropped off to sleep at night: "Please heal my husband, please heal him." But when the call came from the hospital on a July evening, I quit pleading for healing. My husband was dead. God had clearly answered "no." God's answers to prayer, however, are not always so definite. If my husband had lingered in his coma

How should Christians respond to terrorism? The question we must always ask is: "What does the Bible say?" The terrible tragedy that occurred in New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001 released a torrent of emotions--anger, hatred, rage, despair, compassion, and more. We saw people at their worst and at their best. How should Christians respond to terrorism? The question we must always ask is: "What does the Bible say?" #1 The Bible says that God has establish

"How old is the world according to the Bible?" The Bible does not necessarily require us to think of the earth..

by Lee J. Smith Dorothy Love was a godly woman, utterly sold-out to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. God had gifted her with a marvelous ability to communicate His Word. She and her husband, Bob, served the Lord for ten years in Spain with the Greater Europe Mission. Then, when health reasons demanded staying in the States, she dedicated herself to a busy schedule of teaching ladies' Bible studies and being involved in children's work. She also spoke to many groups in the C

Our lives revolve around time. If I asked you what time it is, I have a pretty good idea what you'd do. You'd glance at your watch, check...

To answer this, let's look at an article by Robert Gromacki, entitled Repent and Be Baptized. On the Day of Pentecost, Peter stood before a large crowd of Jews and declared: "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" ( Acts 2:38 ). A reader has indicated that this verse has caused much confusion and seems to imply that water baptism is required for salvation. There is a gre

There's nothing quite so agonizing as the death of a child. As someone said, "The death of a child is like a period placed before the end of a sentence." It is ironic that every day of the week, many of us walk out our door and never look back, figuring everything is forever, including our children. Often we are too busy to realize that the most precious things we have also can be the most fleeting. Those who experience the loss of a child are often filled with questions. At

There are several indications in Scripture that we will maintain our identity in heaven and, thus, be recognizable to our loved ones (and they to us). For example, Jesus makes it a point in Matthew 22:31-32 that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were alive and existing as individuals by those names. In Matthew 17:1-8 , Peter, James and John recognized Moses and Elijah. In 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20 Paul expected to recognize in heaven the Thessalonian Christians to whom he had minister

An article by our founder, Theodore H. Epp, investigates this volatile issue in the Church today: The Sabbath or the Lord's Day-Which? Some religious groups teach that it is necessary to keep the Sabbath in order to be saved. They insist that we are still under the Law. Yet, for reasons not divulged, they assume the right to remove some of the restrictions laid down in the Bible with regard to keeping the Sabbath as a day of rest. So while they contend that the keeping of the

Holding on or Eternally Held --Many people are not sure whether a saved person can be lost again or whether once saved they are eternally saved. And as long as one is unsettled on this very important truth, doubts and fears are bound to hinder that soul's peace and happiness. In place of truth, man's enemy, Satan, presents wrong teachings, doubts and reasonings. In the Garden of Eden he raised doubts, saying, "Has God indeed said?" ( Gen. 3:1 ). The Holy Spirit encourages sim

by George Fooshee Some people mash cans, crunch bottles or shred newspapers and magazines to further the cause of modern ecology. As owner and manager of a collection agency for 17 years, I believe in preserving the nation's natural and human resources too-particularly from a personal finance perspective. There are ten financial principles found in God's Word to counsel and to help "recycle" many people, especially Christians, who have been all but mashed, crunched or shredde