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“Having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him” (Eph. 1:9,10). As terrorism spreads into our once tranquil lives and conflict heats up in the Middle East, troubled people are beginning to ask, “How far will it go? Are we headed for destruction, another national tragedy?” Those who know the Bible have the answer to these

The Story Judah glanced at the afternoon sun. The blazing heat caused sweat to run down his forehead, burning his eyes and dripping into his mouth. The salty taste was in sharp contrast to the refreshing waters of Engedi, the cool spring beyond Jordan that he knew from his youth. He stopped from his labor and took a deep breath. His hands were blistered from holding the sickle so tightly for many hours. Looking around, all he could see was his master’s field full of barley and ready to be harvested. Other men were working the field but they were

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith…” (Eph. 3:17a). The above Scripture is an excerpt from Paul’s prayer showing how he prayed for power and spiritual maturity for Christians. What has perplexed many thinking students of God’s Word is why he would request that “Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith” when the Bible plainly teaches that all believers have already been indwelt by Christ. Paul exclaimed, “Christ liveth in me” and concluded, “Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His” (Gal. 2:20; Rom. 8:9). Indeed Scripture instructs us that

The Dilemma Lisa was terrified. She was the oldest of five girls and the one on which her parents could always depend. She had been brought up in a Christian home and had attended church regularly. With her new found “freedom” far away from family, she had allowed her relationship with God to suffer. Now, in her second year of college, she found herself pregnant and alone. A million questions flooded her mind. How could this happen to me? How can I tell my parents? How far along am I? Is it a baby or a mass of tissue? Is

“[Christ] in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Eph. 1:7). A businessman near St. Louis recently received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and was rejoicing in the knowledge of sins forgiven. Lately, however, he has become conscious of sin creeping back into his Christian life. Haunting fears of an angry God keep torturing his tender conscience as he wonders if God still accepts him. A suburban housewife has a husband who is an alcoholic. Early this morning, he came home drunk with a major dent in the