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Rediscovering the Lord’s Supper: The Journey Continues

September 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

By Bob Bryant In the July/August issue of Grace in Focus, I related our church’s discovery of some timeless biblical truths about the Lord’s Supper that have helped us greatly in our remembrance of Christ. These truths are: The Lord’s Supper is a supper. It is to be celebrated weekly. It has a purpose distinct

Rediscovering the Lord’s Supper: One Church’s Journey

July 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

by Bob Bryant In a previous Grace in Focus article1 I touched on a wonderful discovery we have made at Cypress Valley Bible Church. We have discovered a biblical way of celebrating the Lord’s Supper that for us is more refreshing, more meaningful, and more worshipful than anything we could have imagined. What Is a

One Man’s Agony

May 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

By Diane Boring Recently I was listening to a popular radio talk show personality answering questions on biblical issues. A gentleman called in to the program in agony because he had lost his assurance of salvation. He had read a book by a well-known Lordship author and he was terrified that maybe he wasn’t really

A Great Omission from the Great Commission

April 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

by Bob Bryant I am fascinated by the opening scene in The Fiddler on the Roof as Tevya sings proudly of his Jewish traditions and then says to his audience, “You may ask, ‘How did this tradition get started?’ I’ll tell you…(thoughtful pause)…I don’t know…but it’s a tradition…and because of our tradition, every one of

Seven reasons not to ask Jesus into your heart!

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Seven reasons not to ask Jesus into your heart! By Dennis Rokser. Duluth, MN: Duluth Bible Church, 1998, 40 pp. Paper. A woman approached me after a recent church service and stated that she had heard that I teach that it is not right to ask Jesus into your heart. She wanted to learn more

Meekness and Majesty

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Meekness and Majesty. By R.T. Kendall. Scotland, U.K.: Christian Focus Publications, 1992. 224 pp. Paper, $7.99. Most Bible students agree that Phil 2:5-11 is one of the most important passages in the entire Bible. In these seven verses, the apostle Paul reveals more about Jesus Christ than possibly any other single passage. Meekness and Majesty

The Challenge for Spiritual Vision: An Exegesis of Hebrews 12:1–3

March 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

Frederic R. Howe I. Introduction Some years ago, Art Farstad wrote an article entitled “Go for the Gold!”1 In that article he encouraged his readers to strive for excellence in living the Christian life. He explained the meaning of 1 Cor 9:24 and its usage of the term brabeion, “prize,” in light of the Greek

A Voice from the Past: That I May Gain Christ – Philippians 3

March 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

J. N. DARBY John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) was a nineteenth century protagonist for grace who gained a reputation for controversy for taking a stand against the politics of his own church (he was originally a priest in the Church of Ireland). He was a remarkable linguist, outstanding in Greek, Hebrew, Latin, French, German, Dutch, and

C. S. Lewis’s Theology: Somewhere Between Ransom and Reepicheep

March 1, 2000 by GES Webmaster in Journal Articles

JAMES TOWNSEND Bible Editor Cook Communications Elgin, IL I. INTRODUCTION Would you like to pretend that you haven’t just read the title above and to try your hand at a trivia quiz? Here goes. Who was the gentleman who: was converted to Christianity while riding to the zoo in a sidecar of his brother’s

Why Believe? Reason and Mystery as Pointers to God

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Why Believe? Reason and Mystery as Pointers to God. By C. Stephen Evans. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing Co., 1996. 154 pp. Paper, $13.00. This popular apologetics work was written in response to one of the author’s former students who committed suicide as a result of struggles with faith. This real life tragedy is