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Some Thoughts on Using “You” and “Your”

In the last few years, there has been quite a bit of controversy over the use of “You” and “Your” in prayer. I would like to share some thoughts on this sub­ject. In the preface to the New Inter­national Version of the Bible, you read this: “As for the omission of the pro­nouns ‘thou”, “thee”, […]

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The Christian and Patriotism

You know, “patriotism” is an extremely relative term. Some of us feel that patriot­ism is waving “Old Glory” on the Fourth of July. Others feel it is serving in the Armed Forces or buying Federal savings bonds. Many people felt that the draft-dodgers who fled to Canada during the Viet­nam War were very un-patriotic. But […]

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The Christian and Smoking

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you? . . . you are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”- I Cor. 6:19 and 20. This verse which Paul wrote to the Christian, at Corinth deals with fornication, but […]

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Living for Christ

Yes! Let’s live for Christ! Already, I feel that some eyebrows have raised . . . perhaps because “living for Christ” has the same ring to it as does “Crusade for Christ” or “Youth for Christ.” And that ring is the ring of Arminianism. Sometimes I think that we are so afraid of anything that […]

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Do We Need Our Christian Schools?

This may seem like an old question of a lot of our readers. It is no wonder that it would. After all, we have been brought up with the idea of Christian education pounded into our heads from the pulpit and also in the Standard Bearer. Yet sometimes we as young people doubt the real […]

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Sex, Love and Dating

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally given as a chapel speech at Calvin Christian High School in Grandville, Mich. We hope that these thoughts will also benefit our readers. My topic is not foreign to us, but I must admit that we do not hear many students speak on my subject. Usually ministers, or […]

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