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From Biblical Nonresistance to “Peace”
Editorial March/April, 1999 Volume 34, Number 2 It is necessary to be reminded again of basic New Testament teaching for the Christian. The Sermon on
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Heaven For the Saved
EditorialJanuary/February, 2021Volume 56, Number 1 The word Heaven appears about (222) times in the New Testament. More than half of those occurrences (127) are
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The Cancer of Discontent
EditorialJuly/August, 2021Volume 56, Number 4 Webster defines discontentment as a “lack of satisfaction with one’s possessions, status, or situation. It can be a “sense of grievance:
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Regular Columns
Over the years the BRF Witness has carried a number of regular columns besides the News and Comments section. They include:
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Remembering to Forget
The rancor and ugliness of the letter still stings my memory, even though I received it decades ago. Its paragraphs dripped with hateful venom, the
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The Abandoned Bird Nest
J.H. Moore (1846-1935) served as Editor of the Church of the Brethren’s Gospel Messenger from 1883-1884 and again from 1891-1915. The Brethren Encyclopedia says of Brother Moore’s formative years: “As
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Non-Conformity — A Scriptural Teaching
The basis for the nonconformity teaching is Romans 12:2, “Be not conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.” In
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When God Tinkers
The famous American automobile manufacturer, Henry Ford, one day hired an electrical genius, Charlie Steinmetz, to do some repair work at the plant on one
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Discernment
‘The ability to perceive, recognize, and distinguish” is how Webster defines discernment. He says further that discernment is “the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what
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The Violinist
On January 12, 2007, a young man playing a violin stood at the L’Enfant Plaza subway station in Washington, D.C. In the forty-five minutes he performed that
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