An Editorial by Richard Gagnon
The life of faith is a life based on the Word of God. Every authentic Christian will agree with it. However, it is not the case that most Christians take it very seriously. In fact, we are living in a century where the Bible is no longer what it was in in the lives of the saints of the past.
by: Ronald R. Kumar
Introduction
Leadership is described as a quality a person needs or has: (a) to perform one or more acts of leading, (b) to affect human conduct in order to accomplish a goal or mission, or (c) to influence a group of people to move towards achieving a collective goal or reach a mutually agreed destiny. The book of Nehemiah is an epic on leadership and management established on godly principles, values, and godly inspiration.
The Book of Nehemiah takes us to the end of the historical account in the Old Testament, about four hundred years before the birth of the promised Messiah. The return under Nehemiah in 444 B. C. take place thirteen years after the return led by Ezra and ninety-four years after the return led by Zerubbabel. The book is divided in two: (1) Chapters 1-7 discuss the reconstruction of the wall, and (2) Chapter 8-13 discusses the restoration of the people. Nehemiah is a key figure in assuring that the wall, that were once broken, is re-constructed. The wall of Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. was almost rebuilt after 464 B.C. when Artaxerxes took the throne of Persia (see Ezra 3:6-23). However, the opposition destroys the wall the second time, and when Nehemiah leans this, he walks in obedience to the God in re-building the wall.
Dr. William J. Peters, DRS, PhD (C)
Grace is a beautiful word, truly a great Bible truth is resident in this word. In fact, it is a word and concept without which man’s salvation would be impossible. The gospel (good news) is a result of God’s grace (Gal. 1: 6-9). Grace is presented as sufficient and Christians are called by grace (2 Cor. 12.7-10, Gal. 1.15).
(By Dr. J.I. Packer)
We commend it to our readers, along with Owen’s other works.
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ is a polemical work, designed to show, among other things, that the doctrine of universal redemption is unscriptural and destructive of the gospel. There are many, therefore, to whom it is not likely to be of interest. Those who see no need for doctrinal exactness and have no time for theological debates which show up divisions between so-called Evangelicals may well regret its reappearance.
Dr. Johnson C. Philip
There is a common notion among the educated people that the Bible contains numerous Scientific errors. Because of this, many Bible-believing people have tried to compartmentalize the whole outlook about science and theology. They say that there is a “Scientific truth” believed by the world while there is a divine truth held by Christians. We have reasons to maintain that such a split-belief leads one to error both in science and in theology.
The best view on Bible and science has to be an integrated whole, not a split picture. For developing such an approach we must start with a right view of science as well as the Bible.
JESUS IS SUPERIOR TO THE ANGELS
(By William J. Peters, Ph.D. (C))
There are 273 references to angels in the Bible. What does the Bible say about angels? First of all, the term "angel" is derived from the Greek word angelos, which means: "messenger." Angelos and the Hebrew equivalent, malak (which also means "messenger"), are the two most common terms used to describe this class of beings (Richards).
In general, in texts where an angel appears, the task is to convey the message or do something on behalf of God. Since the focus of the text is on the message, the messenger is rarely described in detail. Thus, the divine emissary may or may not be some sort of supernatural being.
Is God Vain? (by Gregory Koukl)
Have you ever been asked "Isn’t it arrogant of God to demand that we praise Him?" Find out what Greg has to say about God’s worthiness, and our own vanity.
I was confronted about a week and a half ago at a conference up at Mount Herman in Northern California with a very interesting question. It’s a question you might be confronted with as well. The question was simply, Isn’t God vain in wanting us to praise Him? And if vanity is bad for us, then it’s bad for God. This young man didn’t know how to respond. So he asked me about it. I’ll give you my response.
An Editorial By Richard Gagnon
Many of you have already heard the expression “The fear of the Lord”. In fact, this expression is so used in the Bible that most of the time it is taken out of its proper context. Doing so, it may imply a wrong definition of what it really means. Let us look at some of them used in the Bible.
We will look at 3 instances. In them, the main purpose is to understand not only what it really means, but to see if it changes anything in us once we understand what it could mean.
Of all the expressions commonly used in the Bible, I do think that the “fear of the Lord” is one of the most misunderstood. Let us see how and why together.
The Strength of God & the Problem of Evil (by Greg Koukl)
I was thinking about this issue of the problem of evil. I’ve read a number of books on it. I’ve done a whole teaching on suffering, evil and the goodness of God. I wrote an article called Sophie’s Dilemma which we’ll have in our journal coming out in July called Clear Thinking . We had Doug Geivett on four weeks ago, who has written a whole book on the problem of evil and we talked about the ins and outs of the issue.
The Brethren Movement In India (Dr. Johnson C. Philip Survey Outline) (Revision 4.0)
* Introduction
* Open
* Prominent
* Schisms
* Doctrinal Stand
* Outreaches
* Institutions
* Publications * Prognosis/Summary
