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God Is

. . “In him we live and move and have our being.” -Acts 17:28- . To say that “God is” represents a far more foundational category of expression than to say that “God is love.” [1]  Were it not for…

The Head of the Church?

. . The Ancient and Modern Enigma Concerning Simon Peter Many within professing Christendom have long assumed, on the basis of Jesus words in Matthew 16:18, that Peter is the head of the church universal. [1]  To be sure, in…

From the Ground Up

. . “Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.” Psalm 85:11 To the very apostle to whom, from the cross, our Lord Jesus Christ committed his own mother, [1] God gave “the revelation of Jesus…

Mission in Korea: Then and Now

. . By David Brand. The day we arrived in Seoul the smell of tear gas lingered in the streets. In the school year of 1965-66 my wife Marilyn and I participated in the Volunteer Service program of the United…

The Source of Goodness

. . I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” -Psalm 16:2- King David, the Psalmist, knew whereof he spoke.  After David had tarnished his office by committing adultery with the wife…

Who is This God?

. . By David C. Brand At the beginning of this new year, we do well to ask ourselves, “Who is this God whom we serve and whose we are, and what makes Him, and Him alone, accountable to no…

“Self-Evident Truths” and “Inalienable Rights”

. . We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.                                            -Thomas Jefferson,…