What is the biblical nature of the church? She is a bride whose devotion to her Bridegroom must be rediscovered as the crux of the Christian life. When this occurs, all other relationships will fall into their proper place. With clarity and deep love for the Lord Jesus and His bride, Stephen Smith offers a critical examination of the nature and practice of the church through the lens of biblical revelation. He explores some of the ineffectiveness and frustration within the church in a way that will compel and challenge you to seek the Lord afresh as the relational God that He is. Kiss the Son...

The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler was the spearhead of the assault by Sepp Dietrich's Sixth Panzer Armee on the northern flank of the German Ardennes offensive. Divided into Kampfgruppen, the lead was Kampfgruppe Peiper whose armored force included SS Heavy Tank Battalion 501 equipped with King Tigers. The attack was launched on a snowy, freezing December 16, but from the outset, the division lost time against schedule. It captured a fuel dump at Bullingen, but brave defense forced Peiper onto the southern Rollbahn D whose tight, winding roads proved difficult to negotiate...