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LOVE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS  by Ararat Torosyan

We are living in a world in which grief and pain are seemed very common.  Bitterness, hate, disappointments are everywhere including in our homes.  We are disappointed with our friends, spouses, children, co-workers and even with our self. We continually try to cover this grief and pain, try to overlook them and go on with our life.    It is not exactly a smooth ride but we are used to riding on this wagon...

ANATOLIA, ANATOLIA! by Thomas Cosmades

Approximately five million Christians lost their homeland and many their lives during World War I and afterwards. A wide-scale evangelistic endeavor had begun with the entrance of foreign missionaries in 1821.  In the ensuing years the message of Christ saturated Asia Minor. At the start of World War I in 1914, the proclamation of the Good News was continuing favorably...     Some of them are bathed in sublime joy and others drenched in human blood. This remarkable account of Haralambos Bostanjoglou is only one in the series of brilliant achievements in Asia Minor prior to the blotting out of the Christian faith. The reader will observe unswerving gallantry against an unrelenting adversary, fascinating reception and appalling rejection, a desperate community and a despondent outcome. It is a story that is still fresh after nine decades...

The Great Duty of Family Religion by George Whitefield

But further, persons are generally very liberal in their criticisms of the minister, and think they rightly blame the conduct of that minister who is not careful to watch over the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made him overseer: but isn’t every head of a family, also liable to the same criticism, who gives no thought for those souls that are committed too his charge? For every house is as it were a little congregation, every family head (as we have observed) is a priest, every family is a flock; and if any of them perish through the neglect of the head of that family, then God will require their blood at his hands...

Pontius Pilate's Own Story By Thomas Cosmades

My residence was at the palace of Herod in Caesarea.  During the Jewish feasts I moved to Jerusalem to prevent any possible turmoil caused by Jewish extremists.  The rise of numerous messiahs was a propensity among these people ...

Gift of Evangelism By H. Torosyan

... then there are many of us who have the heart of an evangelist but seemingly not the gift.  So we take classes on the subject or hear sermons on it to try to develop the gift.  These may even help-but still we don't have the gift.  It is easy to feel down about this so people try to encourage us with words like "ploughman and planters are just as important as reapers."  But we still envy the joy of the harvester ...

How to be Free From Bitterness By J. Wilson

Bitterness is a root that has defiled many.  There are, however, biblical principles that can be applied to the problem of bitterness...

Relationships with Parents By Jim Wilson

The shock, the incredulity, the rebellion, and the impossibility of putting this teaching into effect showed in the tears, the questions, the comments, and the follow-up conversations. This is why I am here writing it down...

"No Longer Lonely" and Gallipoli By T. Cosmades 

Who knows how many of these young Anzac lads and other soldiers met their resurrected Savior as they were cut down by the bullets in the trenches...

How Does a Woman Become Secure?  By J. Wilson

A woman was made by God to be loved, protected, provided for and to be made secure...

Man's Anger By H. Torosyan

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart.  For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. (Lk. 6:45)...

The Mosque, The Synagogue and The Church By D. Brickner

Efforts to present a united front against terrorism have renewed a sense of "civic religion" in America. There is a general feeling that Islam, Judaism and Christianity must set aside their differences, if we are to work together under a benevolent democracy for the common good. This is the "big tent" philosophy of religious pluralism...

The Seven Churches in Christ's Eyes By T. Cosmades 

The church, Christ's body on earth, has undergone – and is undergoing – a number of variations and transformations since its inception. Alas! Many for the worse...

"Saturation Love" By J. Wilson 

There are commands from God to love. These commands are to be applied to wives, brothers, neighbors, aliens and enemies. This love is that love that God had for us when Jesus Christ died for us. It is sacrificial; it is made up of its primary expression, giving...

Historical Present  By M. Lawyer

This short paper is meant to do two things. First, it will attempt to explain the historical present: what it is, how it is used, and when it is used. Second, it will try to show that Romans 7:14-25 does in-deed use the historical present and that understanding this may change the way most Christians view this passage...