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What’s All This Talk About Tongues?
What’s All This Talk About Tongues?
A Look At The Tongues-Speaking Phenomenon
I sincerely hope that people who read the following commentary will appreciate my concern for the truth and the time that went into presenting this material. It was prepared to help Christians keep from being tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine and to scripturally understand the often emotional and divisive issue of speaking in tongues.
Question 1: Is a different gospel being preached?… Continue reading
The Loving Art of Spanking
The Loving Art of Spanking
by Philip Lancaster
One of the saddest stories in the Bible is that of Eli and his sons (1 Samuel 2-4). Eli was the chief priest of Israel in the generation before King Saul. It was he to whom the boy Samuel was entrusted by his mother Hannah, to be raised in the priestly family. Eli’s sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests under the direction of their father during the time Samuel was… Continue reading
How to Marry: Courtship Questions
God’s Design for Scriptural Romance
Part 7 – How to Marry: Courtship Questions
by John W. Thompson
When discussing the subject of biblical courtship, certain questions repeatedly are asked. I hear them at conferences where I speak as well as through emails via our ChristianCourtship.com web site. They are no doubt on the minds of many Christian dads, moms and young people today. These inquiries fall into two primary groups: (1) questions about courtship and (2) questions during courtship.… Continue reading
How to Marry – The Courtship Stage
God’s Design for Scriptural Romance
Part 6: How to Marry – The Courtship Stage
by John W. Thompson
Nearly all of us – dads, moms and children – have observed a house being built. Some of us have even had a hand in a construction project or two. So we can all relate well to our Lord’s warning NOT to build our house (life) on the shifting sand of man’s flawed values (Matt. 7:24-27). Christ wants us to construct… Continue reading
How to Marry – The Friendship Stage
God’s Design for Scriptural Romance
Part 5: How to Marry – The Friendship Stage
by John W. Thompson
Nearly every day, in personal, phone or email counseling, a young man, young woman, dad or mom will say something like this to me: “I am fully convinced of the error of dating and the blessing of biblical courtship and betrothal. But HOW, specifically, do I go about it? What is God’s step-by-step process for bringing about a marriage the biblical… Continue reading