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Samba sat in the middle of the circle, feeling every eye fixed on him. Some in his family watched with disgust, others with unbelief, and some seethed with anger. For the last time, his father asked him: "Are you going to renounce that faith?" Silently, he raised his head and looked at his family…
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Here is a Bertha Munro classic that first appeared in the Herald of Holiness, now Holiness Today. She wrote in her autobiography that it summarized her philosophy of personal relations (Bertha Munro, The Years Teach, p. 266):
I owe you respect for your personality. You too are that climax of God's…
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Following in Jesus' footsteps, a church in the U.S. gathered at a river for the baptism of a Mexican-American family. As in some cases in the New Testament, the entire family, all dressed in white, was invited into the water by the pastor and then baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and…
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"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
(Luke 22:42, NLT)
Sacredly, I knocked on the front door of the Free Grace Church parsonage. Sister Christine opened the door and said, "Brother Kerry, Danny will be so glad to see you." To her, his name was…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
(Luke 22:42, NLT)
Sacredly, I knocked on the front door of the Free Grace Church parsonage. Sister Christine opened the door and said, "Brother Kerry, Danny will be so glad to see you." To her, his name was…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
Some have wondered why it appears that many new converts are not following after the life of holiness. The question is reasonable in light of the fact that we proclaim entire sanctification as our distinctive doctrine.
Every year we receive new Nazarenes into membership, the majority by…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
Some have wondered why it appears that many new converts are not following after the life of holiness. The question is reasonable in light of the fact that we proclaim entire sanctification as our distinctive doctrine.
Every year we receive new Nazarenes into membership, the majority by…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
The holy and majestic purpose of our redemption is perhaps nowhere in Scripture so clearly expressed as in Titus 2:14: “[Christ] gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” (KJV). The purpose of God was to make a…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
The holy and majestic purpose of our redemption is perhaps nowhere in Scripture so clearly expressed as in Titus 2:14: “[Christ] gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” (KJV). The purpose of God was to make a…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
The writings of the apostle Peter might have first been penned nearly 2,000 years ago, but as time passes, they become more and more relevant to believers seeking to serve Christ. For in many ways, our society is beginning to mirror the culture in which early believers lived.
The apostle Peter…