Through the pen of the inspired apostle Paul we understand that the church is the body of Christ (Ephesians 1:22-23), composed of many members (1 Cor 12:12), each having different abilities and responsibilities (Ephesians 4:11), all of which are given by God for the purpose of ministry.
With many works, and many workers, it may seem natural that some are more honored than others. It is also true that those often honored, are equally as often dishonored. But the ways of man are not the ways of God, and our wisdom is not His (1 Corinthians 1:25).
Of all the works in…
Filed under: Authors, Gregg Alexander on September 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
“Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields: for they are white already to harvest.”
(John 4:35)
In his classic speech, “Acres of Diamonds,” Russell Conwell reminded his audiences that the greatest opportunities often are found in one’s own backyard. He told of a man named Ali Hafed who was so obsessed with the desire to find a diamond mine that he sold his farm and wandered over the world in search of riches until he had lost both his wealth and his life.
The man who bought Ali Hafed’s farm was…
Filed under: Charles Cash, Devotional on September 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
We have previously examined the questions of Who is the Holy Spirit? and What is the Purpose of the Holy Spirit? Today we’ll have a look at the concept of a “Baptism of the Holy Spirit” and the idea that it is a possibility today. We read of the Holy Spirit coming upon Jesus, the Apostles, and Cornelius’s and his household. The only other way the Scriptures have recorded the Holy Spirit being given was by the laying on of the Apostle’s hands. We are quite simply not baptized in the Holy Spirit,…
Filed under: Butch Adams, Doctrine on September 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
At the beginning when man was created, God said that it was not good for man to be alone, so He put the man into a deep sleep, and from his rib, he made him an helpmeet for him. The woman was brought to the man, and the first marriage ceremony was performed. Adam and Eve became husband and wife (Genesis 2:22-25). We move forward about four thousand years to the time when Jesus walked the earth, and we hear the words of Christ as He used the…
Filed under: Doctrine, Michael Carter on September 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Solomon’s first experiment has been compared to building a sandcastle. Why go through all the trouble of building a sandcastle when it will most likely be washed out by the tide? Solomon set out to build his “sandcastles” through “madness and folly” (Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 2:1-2) although he was still in control of this experiment as his wisdom remained with him (Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 2:9).
Solomon sought true and lasting satisfaction in life by attempting to “gain the whole…
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on September 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
