Letters to the Editor

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Dear GES, Thanks so much for your newsletter. It’s a real boost to get and read it monthly. SD Easton, PA Dear GES, I enjoy reading the GES newsletter and journal immensely–more so than all the many other publications that I receive combined. For some time I’ve been troubled about a phrase which I believe
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Praise the Lord!

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The command to praise God is a common one in the Old and New Testaments. Approximately 250 times in the Bible we read commands and declarative statements regarding praising the Lord. Yet as common as praising the Lord is in Scripture, it is much misunderstood. Many people mistakenly think that merely by saying or singing
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Who Are You?

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On one occasion, described in John 1:19-27, John the Baptist was visited by an important official delegation from the religious leadership of Jerusalem. Speculation had mounted that this Elijah-like prophet might actually be the Messiah Himself (cf. Luke 3:15). If ever there was a golden opportunity for John to “blow his own horn,” this was
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Do Demons Really Believe? – James 2:19

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“You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe–and tremble!” The Question Over the years I have been asked about James 2:19 scores of times. I hold the view that faith is faith. Saving faith is not a special kind of faith. What makes saving faith saving is the object,
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A Voice from the Past: Sanctification: What Is It?

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This article is taken from Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, 1:3-22. The six volumes are now published in one large volume by Moody Press of Chicago jointly with Loizeaux Brothers of Neptune, NJ, under the title, A Mackintosh Treasury. Ed.C. H. MACKINTOSH1 To minister peace and comfort to those who, though truly converted, have
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Grace in the Arts: Toward Singing with the Understanding a Discussion of the Gospel Hymn—Part 2

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Frances A. Mosher* VI. Doctrinal Considerations The doctrines and theological concepts expressed in hymns should be of concern to those desirous of maintaining a high standard of scriptural soundness in public worship. The basic beliefs of most Christians have been formulated more by the hymns they sing than by the preaching they hear… Certainly one’s
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Following the Master: Discipleship in the Steps of Jesus

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Following the Master: Discipleship in the Steps of Jesus. By Michael J. Wilkins. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992. 400 pp. Paper, $14.95. Wilkins, Associate Professor of NT Language and Literature at the Talbot School of Theology (Biola University), has written a substantial book on discipleship. It is refreshing to find such a biblical approach
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