Dr. Walter B. Smith

                                                    DO DOGS/CATS GO TO HEAVEN? In recent days, in three separate incidents, I have been again reminded and made aware of the relationship that exists between pets and human beings. All of that again brought up the question, “Do Dogs Go to Heaven When The Die? When God created the world, the creation of man was set apart as unique from the animals on day six. It is described as God creating us in his image (Genesis 1:26-27) . So the soul of man is different from the coursing of blood and the breathing of life found in animals. Man is unique and is meant to have a unique destiny. When the Son of God enters history, he comes as a human being, not as an animal. And he saves humans. And he conforms humans to his own nature as the God- man , not the God- animal . By creation and redemption, God confers on man the unique standing as created in his image and redeemed into God’s very family. I want to emphasize the utter distinction between

                                                     Thoughts on Sunday School  Sunday school is a part of the church.  Jesus Christ recruited, taught, and trained his disciples (Matthew 4:18-24).  Vance Havner said he was on a train one day, and he looked up in the front and there sat the great R. A. Torrey! He approached the great man and was invited to have some conversation. R. A. Torrey asked, “What are you doing?” Brother Vance Havner said, “Well, some of this and some of that! Preaching here and there, evangelizing, and writing.” R. A. Torrey said, “Paul said this one thing I do. . .” The narration of the Sunday School school should deal with the one goal of recruiting, discipling, and training soldiers of the cross so they can do what they have been trained to do.