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1. THE HOLY APOSTLE ONESIMUS Onesimus was one of the Seventy Lesser Apostles. He was a slave of Philemon but transgressed against his master and fled to Rome where he heard the Gospel from the Apostle Paul and was baptized. Since the Apostle Paul earlier converted Philemon to the True Faith, he reco... Read More

1. THE VENERABLE BESSARION Bessarion was born and educated in Egypt. He dedicated himself to the spiritual life at an early age and "did not stain his spiritual garment in which he was clothed at baptism." He visited St. Gerasimus by the Jordan and learned from St. Isidore of Pelusium. He subdued hi... Read More

There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More

God’s Perfect Peace By Jack Hartman God’s Word tells us that His "perfect peace" is available to us. No other peace remotely compares with God’s perfect peace. It is total, complete and absolute--a beautiful peace that never changes. The following verse of Scripture tells us exactly how to obtain Go... Read More

The Watchful Christian Scriptural watchfulness has three directions to it--upward to God, inward to our spiritual condition, and outward to our environment. It is to watch for God as David did when he said he watched for God in prayer more than they that watch for the morning (Psa. 130:6). It is to ... Read More

WHAT WENT WRONG? Adam and Eve awoke in a world of loveliness. Made as a tiny replica of their Heavenly Father, having in finite miniature the abilities and qualities of God, they were given His law of love to live by. The first man and his lovely wife walked and talked with God in the garden paradis... Read More

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. --Proverbs 4:23 Every person is really what he or she secretly admires. If I can learn what you admire, I will know what you are, for people are what they think about when they are free to think about what they will. Now, t... Read More

We are indebted to Charles G. Finney for the phrase, "A praying heart." He said: "I am convinced that nothing in the whole Christian religion is so rarely attained as a praying heart." This heart is "the heart in the spirit" (Romans 2:29). It is in our human spirit, and is that part of us which can ... Read More

God’s Word tells us that His "perfect peace" is available to us. No other peace remotely compares with God’s perfect peace. It is total, complete and absolute--a beautiful peace that never changes. The following verse of Scripture tells us exactly how to obtain God’s perfect peace in our lives. "Tho... Read More

"For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7b). "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast ... Read More