By Harry Pickup, Jr. The “Arlington Meeting,” held in 1%8, could not have come about without the work of James W. Adams. This meeting included 26 preachers who met to discuss various facets of the “institutional question,” upon which they were seriously disagreed and which had disturbed and divided brethren for a number of years. Two …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 31
“Repent and Be Converted”
By Mike Willis Acts 3 relates how opposition to the Lord’s church began and presents the second recorded sermon of Peter in which he instructed men in what they must do to be saved. Our primary interest in this chapter will be Acts 3:19. However, let us set the events in their context. Healing the Lame …
James W. Adams, The Preacher
By Clinton D. Hamilton Introduction With awesome consequences that are determinate, comprehensive, and eternal, preaching is a serious undertaking. For this reason a preacher should approach his work conscious of the fearful issue of judgment. James said, “Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment” (3:1). This he said …
“Marking Them That So Walk:” In Honor Of James W. Adams
By Randy Harshbarger Brethren, by ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample” (Phil. 3:17). Taking to “heart Paul’s divine injunction to “mark” (“behold, watch, contemplate,” Vine, Vol. 3, p. 43), those faithful men who provide examples worthy of imitation, we use this opportunity to …
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