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Paris Reidhead

A Mirror Covered With Water – Part 1

Paris ReidheadA Mirror Covered With Water – Part 1 By Paris Reidhead* Will you turn again to Exodus, Chapter 40. We are going to consider this portion as the message in song has prayed, Teach me Thy way, so we remember that He said, These things are written for our ensample, that we might be taught. And today I a... Read More
Charles Alexander

The Puritan Illusion - Part Two

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer; and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. --Paul the Apostle And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trans... Read More
Short Biographies

Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross

Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada (later known as Teresa de Jesus) was born in Avila, Spain, 28 March 1515, one of ten children whose mother died when she was fifteen. Her family was of partly Jewish ancestry. Teresa, having read the letters of Jerome, decided to become a nun, and when she was 20, she ente... Read More
George Mueller

Narrative of the Lord's Dealings with George Muller. Part III

George MuellerPREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE THIRD PART. THE reasons which induced me to publish this third part of the Lord’s dealings with me are the same which led me to the publication of the second part, and which are stated in the preface to the first edition of the second part. In addition to those re... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

48 - Principle 44 A Cost to Be Part of the Church

Principles For The Gathering Of BelieversA witness of the North Korean army who later became a Christian reported the following: “The team had been sent to widen a highway. When they demolished a vacated house they found a Bible and a small notebook with 25 names, one identified as pastor, two as assistant pastors, two as elders, and 20 ot... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures

Principles For The Gathering Of BelieversThere is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Cry (995) boe

Boé (995) (fem. noun) means a cry, an outcry or an exclamation as for help. The only NT use is in (James 5:4) In secular Greek boé referred to a loud cry, shout, a battle-cry, the roar of the sea, the sound of musical instruments, the cry of birds or beasts. James 5:4 "Behold, the pay of the laborer... Read More
Gardiner Spring

Christian Parenting

Gardiner SpringChristian Parenting I. ESSENTIAL TRUTHS TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN 1. Subjection to Authority Time and again, the Word of God calls us to be in subjection to authority. If there is a place where this call should be especially steady and certain, it is the family. And it is a happy family who cultivates t... Read More
J.G. Bellet

An Introduction to Isaiah

In reading Matt. 1, 2, we learn, among other things, how the word of prophecy ought to be used; but we see also, how the carnal intellect treats it; and thus it furnishes a sound and healthful word to us, when we set ourselves down for a meditation on the prophetic Scriptures; for we are both guided... Read More
J.G. Bellet

Eras of Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15: 22-28. As to the whole of this chapter, I may say there is an order in the parts of it, which it is edifying to discover and meditate. It might be entitled, "The story of grace and of glory in the light of the resurrection." The order of which I speak is this. 1-4. The fact of the ... Read More

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