2018 // Issue 2
The Course of This World

The Course of This World

By Larry Grile When endeavoring to give a sense of the Scriptures, it is important to define terms. The Scripture to which I refer is Ephesians 2:1-3. Here, Paul uses the phrase “the course of this world.” The word course comes from the Greek word aeon, usually translated age. It refers to a very long period of time. However, in this case Paul doesn’t seem to be thinking about a period of time, but is instead referring to the pattern and direction of the world order. World comes from the Greek...

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To What End? The Ultimate Messaging Test

To What End? The Ultimate Messaging Test

By Rick Jones MESSAGING HOLINESS When I Google, “Do methods change the message of the Gospel?” nearly every site quotes an important Christian leader making the not so profound assertion, “Our Methods change but the Message does not.”  Many of them remind us that in the old days the Gospel was messaged by mass meetings, and then it was by mass media (i.e. radio and then tv), but today we have entered the mass digital age of the internet. In the good old days preachers were circuit riders on...

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Mary McAfee: A Powerful Holiness Witness

Mary McAfee: A Powerful Holiness Witness

Historical Highlight By Curtis Going Under a simple square tombstone in the little town of Stanford, Kentucky lie the earthly remains of Mary J. McAfee. At the time of her passing, the esteemed Dr. H.C. Morrison said of Mary “I hadn’t a doubt but directly and indirectly 100,000 souls had been touched for good through the holy life and beautiful testimony of the little maiden woman who kept the toll gate on the Crab Orchard Turnpike in the outskirts of Stanford, Kentucky.” Mary McAfee’s name...

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