For the Sake of His Name

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originally published in the July/August 2015 edition of Grace in Focus The expression “for My [or His] name’s sake” occurs eleven times in the New Testament, in all four Gospels (seven times), Acts (once), John’s first and third epistles (once each), and Revelation (once).1 It is not found at all in the epistles of Paul,
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Read your Bible

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by Art Farstad, originally published in the January 1993 edition of Grace in F Many have heard the story of the man whose devotional reading consisted of cracking his Bible at random and reading the first verse his finger touched. One morning this was his verse for the day: “And Judas went out and hanged
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Little Rita’s Prayer

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  by Arthur L. Farstad, originally published in the July 1990 edition of Grace in Focus In order to be effective a prayer needn’t be long or flowery. In fact, if it’s a public prayer it had better not be long–you might bore your human audience. It better not be too flowery either–you will turn
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The Revelation of God

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by Ken Yates God has revealed Himself to mankind in different ways. We know from Romans 2 that one way God has done that is through the conscience. Men and women in all cultures know that certain things are right and certain things are wrong. They know these things even if they often do not
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Adopted into God’s Family: Romans 8:15-16

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I remember when I was 12 years old and living in South Korea. At that time, Korea was a developing country and very poor. One day, a Christian missionary brought a boy my age to visit us. He was an orphan who lived in a cardboard box in the city of Teague. He ate dinner
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