Despise Not Prophesyings
Despise not prophesyings. -1 Thessalonians 5:20 A certain nostalgia surrounds the thought of prophecy, for it conveys the mystery of prediction. The prophets of old were passionate, persistent, and powerful men, who sought to awake the yawning crowd from their contented slumber. They employed God-inspired, extreme and creative means in their avid attempts to convict…
Benefits of Churches Helping Their Own
What is Help In our time, many conservative Anabaptist churches are facing a seemingly unstoppable epidemic. More and more people are coming forward with struggles they don’t know how to handle. Many times, when a church has one of these “needy situations” arise in their midst, they start contacting various facilities. Usually, they hear the discouraging words, “Sorry, we…
A Tame Wolf
(Author unknown) The Heartbeat of the Remnant – May/June 2004 Revised – December 2018 A wolf can be tamed, but no matter how carefully you may train it, it will still be a wolf. Its wild nature may break out at any time. Some years ago, a gentleman brought a young wolf home from Russia. It became so tame that it followed him about like a dog. Even his children played with…
While Life Is In the Prime Of Youth
Father, in my life’s young morning, Now I owe my all to Thee; You deserve my best, yea, utmost, For You’ve paid the price for me. Life seems young, and looks inviting, But I do not know the hour, When this life shall cease forever, And I’ll see Thee in Thy pow’r! I could waste my life, and squander, All these blessings freely mine; But I’d…
What Gospel Are We Living?
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. -2 Corinthians 3:2-3 I was enjoying a Sunday afternoon meal at a mission when I was asked,…
Vaccines – the Cost of Security
13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your…
The Royal Telephone – Prayer
Used by permission of: Bible Helps, PO Box 391, Hanover PA 17331 Central’s never “busy,” always on the line;You may hear from Heaven almost any time.‘Tis a royal service, free for one and all—When you get in trouble give this royal line a call. Telephone to glory, oh what joy divine!I can feel the current moving on the line;Built by God the Father, for His loved and…
The Preacher
Alone in his house, a sinner found grace. Not knowing exactly just what he might face. What he had found, he could not deny, He had to tell someone, at least he would try. The world seemed so dark, now that he’d found God, People walked by, without even a nod. “I have good news,” he continued to say, Their response was a “no,” or “not…
The Day God Started a Tractor
This summer my family moved from our old home to a new home closer to our church. As usually happens, not everything got taken along. So, it was, that our tractor was left behind while we took the other, more important household items like the toys, books, and furniture with us. After we had moved into our new home and taken a week or two to get settled in, we began…
The Changing Technological Age
Originally printed in the Pilgrim Witness -July 2015Adapted with permission by the author The average price for a gallon of gasoline was $1.19. The President of the United States was Bill Clinton. The twin towers of the World Trade Center stood tall and stately above the New York City skyline. A new Internet search engine company, Google Inc., (founded by two college…
