September 2003

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We Get Letters

After months of planning, forethought and prayer our ninth annual Youth Lectures is upon us. This year's theme is from Proverbs, a book that I am convinced every young person should read at least once a year. Why do I say that? What can you expect to find in Proverbs if you set out to read it? more...

The Baptism of John

Mark 1:4 says: “John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” Luke 3:3 says: “And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” more...

The Organization of the Local Church

A Christian is a member of the church, in two senses. When he obeyed the gospel he was saved, and thus added by God to the saved, the universal church: “ ... Christ is the head of the church, His body, and is Himself its Savior” ( Ephesians 5:23). The Ethiopian whose conversion is recorded in Acts 8 clearly exemplifies this condition. more...