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What Doest Thou Here?

In First Kings chapter nineteen verse nine we read: “And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?” Jehovah asked this question of Elijah when he had come to the “Mount of God.” That we […]

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A Christian Looks at the “Population Explosion”

“The population explosion may be subject to overreaching prophecies, but it is something to worry about. Its consequences are widespread misery, undernourishment, waste of human and natural resources and a constant threat among desperate peoples to a peace of the world.”1 Sociologists have been projecting a population explosion and its devastating consequences for many years. […]

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Hagar and the Angel of the Lord

“As for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly.” (Genesis 17:20). This text, whether one holds that Ishmael is elect or reprobate, cannot validly be used to prove the common grace theory that God has a general goodness out of which He […]

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Holy Laughter

Genesis 17:17 — “Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, hear?” And so God commanded that the promised child’s name be, “Isaac.” What a name to give to […]

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On Student Unrest

Generational conflict, generational struggle, has been a recurrent theme throughout history. Unlike class struggle, however, it has rarely been understood or ever studied. Labor movements have a somewhat defined and intelligible history. Student movements, however, have a somewhat vague and transient character. The student status, unlike that of the workman, is temporary, a few short […]

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