Hope Floats
By Brenda Plonis Before (left) and after surgery. Mercy Ships first captured my attention at an exhibition in the United…
Hope for the Hopeless
Newspapers are full of bad news—economic uncertainties, persistent problems in Iraq, more strife and terrorism. Many Americans are pessimistic not…
Hope for the Left Behind Church – Interview With Ruth Tucker
Is bigger always better? Are numbers the only way to measure success? Not according to Ruth Tucker, author of Left…
Hosea: The Great Reversal of the Great I-Am
The Book of Hosea is the first book of the Book of the Twelve, the so-called Minor Prophets of the…
How archaeology confirms the Bible
I enjoy reading about archaeology—it’s an important and fascinating field of study that helps us understand how ancient people lived…
How Are You Today?
Recently heard a story from a proud grandfather. His 14-month-old grandson, I’ll call him James, had recently learned to put…
How Beethoven Helped Me Understand the Bible
Like most people, I enjoy Beethoven’s symphonies. Or to be strictly honest, like most people I enjoy parts of Beethoven’s…
How Camps Support Healthy Youth Ministries
We have a camp ministry that serves children, teens and college-age young adults. Most of the camps are held during…
How Could We Have Believed These Things?
Transformed by Truth, by Joseph Tkach Chapter 11 Sometime ago I was talking on the air with Hank Hanegraaff…
How Do We Know About Jesus?
The four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, have given us a remarkable record of the life and work of…
How God Reveals Himself
Chapter 2 of God Is… Imagine, for a moment, that you are God. You created all things – including human…
How I Found My Way to Follow Jesus
John N. Biswas prints the following testimonial in a tract he uses in evangelistic efforts in Bangladesh. On March 22,…
How Land Animals Have Changed Through Geologic Time
Few groups of organisms have changed as dramatically through geologic time as have backboned animals that live on land. In…
How Long Was Jesus in the Tomb?
The Gospels tell us that the day on which the women discovered that Jesus’ tomb was empty was Sunday morning….
How Many Gods Does God Say There Are?
Scriptures that show there is only one God Some Bible passages are difficult to understand. Others are easy. The Bible…
How Many Points in a Parable?
Book review: Interpreting the Parables by Craig L. Blomberg. 1990. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press. 334 pages. (A new edition…
How Much Is Freedom Worth?
Jesus once helped a woman who had been held captive 12 years by a health problem that had made her…
How Often Should We Participate in the Lord’s Supper?
Shortly before his death, Jesus shared a meal with his disciples. He shared a cup of wine with them, and…
How Plants and Animals Have Changed Through the Geologic Eras
Summary: If we could enter a time machine and travel millions of years back in time, what would we see?…
How Russia Became Christian
Each July 15, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and some Protestant Christians commemorate the baptism of Prince Vladimir (956-1015). He was…
How Selfish Is Your Christianity?
The Akamba tribe in Kenya have a proverb, “Mbiti ye mwana ndiisua ikamina.” It means, “Even the hyena with a…
How the Worldwide Church of God Found the Truth of the Gospel
9 January 1997 The Inside Story of the Dramatic Turnaround of the Church Started by Herbert W. Armstrong as told…
How to Be Effective and Memorable
Recently an aspiring writer asked me, “What is the secret to writing a memorable and effective article?” That is a…
How to Become a Christian
If you want to become a Christian, the first and most important step has already been done: God has chosen…
How to Create a DVD from an ISO File
ImgBurn DVD Burning Software ImgBurn is free software for writing an ISO-format DVD to a DVD disk. You must have…
How to Fix People
We live in a quick-fix society. If we want a quick lunch, we eat fast food. If we want a…
How to Interpret Bible Prophecy
There are many difficulties involved in interpreting prophecy, but if we take the Bible seriously, we need to study prophecy,…
How to Make Your Congregation Youth-Friendly
All Christians share in the challenge and responsibility of making our congregations places where people of all ages are encouraged…
How to Resist Temptation
Satan tempted Jesus in the desert, and Jesus responded by quoting scripture (Matthew 4). However, as you have probably noticed,…
How We Got the Bible in English
It was a bleak December afternoon, and a visitor was walking in the graveyard of the parish church of Lutterworth,…
How You Can Help Others
Do you know how to help a person who’s dealing with death — whether his or her own impending death…
Human Rules of No Value (Colossians 2:20-23)
Paul now uses another argument, building on what he has already written: “If with Christ you died to the elemental…
Humanity’s Relationship With God
Chapter 6 of God Is… What do humans want to know about God? Perhaps the best initial question is, “Who…
Humans in the Image of God
God created the first humans in the image of God, in the likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-30). What does the…
I Am Pilate’s Wife
Matthew 27:11-66 I woke up suddenly, startled and shaken. I stared at the ceiling, momentarily relieved, thinking my nightmare about…
I Don’t Believe in Atheists
I Don’t Believe in Atheists by Chris Hedges Reviewed by Neil Earle Chris Hedges is a best-selling author, a graduate…
I Preached the Sermon on the Mount
Israel. Golan Heights. Syria. Lebanon. These are the modern names of some of the places surrounding Capernaum, the base area…
I Think God Hates Me!
I am a trustee of a British Christian magazine. We are not a church, nor a counseling agency, but often…
I Thought I Would Lose My Job!
More of us are experiencing financial insecurity these days. We know we should have faith in God, seek wise advice,…
I Want to Accept Jesus, But…
Advice for young people thinking about committing their lives to Jesus Christ. “I want to accept Jesus, but I’m afraid. I’m not…
I’m Dreaming of a Quantum Christmas
The wise men who came from the East to worship the infant Jesus were the scientists of their day. Known…
I’ve Been Taken; I’ve Been Rescued
A movie came out a few years ago entitled Taken that really made me think about my love for my…
If I Were God
Let’s be perfectly honest—sometimes it’s hard for me to understand God. He just doesn’t make the decisions I would make…
If Jesus Were Married…
Jesus was not married. But let’s suppose for a minute what some people seem to think he would have done. Jesus would…
If Necessary, Use Words
I am writing this from northern Thailand, where I was invited to attend the opening of a new school that…
If You Are Going to Kratchi
The Ewe language of southeastern Ghana has a saying that emerges from the salt trade along the Volta River. The…
If You Hide the Sickness, You Hide the Treatment
The forest-dwelling Bassa people of Cameroon have a saying that goes, “U sooh nkon, u sooh yag matibla.” Translated into…
If You Knew Susie…
A dear old friend died recently. It was sad, but not tragic, because she was well into her 90s, and…
If You’re Happy and You Know It, Binky!
Next to my house in rural Indiana there is a row of blue spruce trees. A family of rabbits has…
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Gospels
by Dan Rogers M.Th. paper, Chandler School of Theology INTRODUCTION The Nature and Significance of the Topic The purpose of…
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Gospels, bibliography
Abrahams, Israel. Studies in Pharisaism and the Gospels, First and Second Series. New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1967. Abramovits, H. A…
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Gospels, chapter 1
The Feast of Tabernacles in and Around the New Testament Period Introduction The Feast of Tabernacles was one of ancient…
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Gospels, chapter 2
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Transfiguration Introduction In this chapter we will examine the narrative of the…
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Gospels, chapter 3
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Triumphal Entry Introduction In this chapter we will examine an incident which…
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Gospels, chapter 4
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in John 7-9 Introduction The only explicit reference to the Feast of Tabernacles in…
Imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Gospels, conclusions
The purpose of this investigation has been to examine the possible allusions to the Feast of Tabernacles in the Gospel…
Immortality: The "Mother of All Changes"
There’s nothing certain in life except death and taxes, goes the old saying. We might be able to deal with…
Impress Yourself
The Bible says that we should not compare ourselves to others, but it’s hard not to. For some of us,…
In Christ We Trust
Christianity is based largely on trust. We have been given exceedingly great and precious promises, but for the most part…
In God We Trust
God wants us to trust him. We are to trust in him, not in ourselves. We are to trust that…