Does Baptism Wash Away Past Unlawful Marriages?

By H.E. Phillips “Does baptism wash away past unlawful marriages?” That is the subject assigned to me for this special issue. I first heard of this idea many years ago, but not much was said about it until the last few years. Some men have always done what they wanted to do, regardless of what the …

May the Believer Deserted By an Unbeliever Remarry?

By Jerry R. Earnhart Who can treat lightly or with indifference the trauma of divorce? Hearts ache and break. Bearing one another’s burdens, in such cases, is a must (Gal. 6:1). Beyond the inevitable pain of a failed relationship, divorce can also affect one’s future right to remarry. Jesus says, “But I say unto you, that …

Is the Alien Sinner Amenable to the Gospel?

By Harry R. Osborne For over a century, Baptist preachers in debates with our ‘brethren in this country on baptism have made emotional appeals over the hypothetical man on the way to be baptized who was killed by a falling tree limb. Their attempt was to blunt the clarity of Bible teaching on the subject through …