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  • Should the Bible Be Your Guide?
    The Watchtower—1955 | July 15
    • religious group in America, stated that the cause for the decay in the standards of public and private morality lie in the thinking and practices of a public that has “all but lost sight of such virtues as honesty, integrity and truthfulness in both public and private and civic affairs.”

      This has reached such a point that when we say that the narrow principles of Christianity are of the greatest value today, you may be asking: “What! Do you mean that Bible principles really work now? and that I should apply them even when the people with whom I am dealing do not?” Yes, that is exactly what we mean. An intelligent person cannot afford to overlook them. Come with us through the next article to see that this is true.

  • How Bible Principles Apply to Your Life
    The Watchtower—1955 | July 15
    • How Bible Principles Apply to Your Life

      The most vital book of all time! What do you really know about it? How will it make you genuinely happier, healthier, more contented? What does it really mean to you? This article presents the clear and simple answer.

      DO YOU think Bible principles really apply today, that they are a sound guide for your life? Some people will admit that they do not think these principles are practical. Other people, while not admitting this, will show by their course of action that they do not believe such principles apply now. But let us assure you that the Bible’s principles really do work, that they will make your life a healthier, happier, longer and more enjoyable one.

      For example, delinquency could be eliminated through following the Bible’s principles on child raising. Divorces and broken homes can be saved through following its principles on family life. Feelings of anxiety, hostility, inferiority, envy, etc., can be overcome through following its instructions. Even further, religious differences are abolished when the Bible really is accepted by both sides. These are practical matters; they concern your everyday life. But they are only the beginning of the information that the Bible has for you. That further information will be considered in this article after we first see how it is that the Bible’s principles really will improve your daily life.

      FAMILY LIFE, CHILD TRAINING, MORALS

      The instructions the Bible gives about family life are pointed, simple and clear. Anyone can understand and apply them. Note, not the part that applies to the rest of the family, but the part that applies to you. Apply it, and your family life will be a much happier one: “You wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as it is becoming in the Lord. You husbands, keep on loving your wives and do not be bitterly angry with them. You children, be obedient to your parents in everything, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord. You fathers, do not be exasperating your children, so that they

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