By Irven Lee In speaking of the people of Crete Paul quoted one of their own poets as he said, “One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretans are always liars, evil . beasts, slow bellies” (Titus 1:12). Goodspeed’s translation says, “savage brutes, lazy gluttons.” The American Standard Version has, “Cretans are …
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A. Campbell And The Christian Church And Similar Oddities
By Daniel H. King We note with some small amount of interest that Don S. Browning, Professor in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, has been named the first “Alexander Campbell Professor” in the school. The August/September, 1980 (Vol. 8, No. 2) issue of the Bulletin remarked that Browning is “an ordained minister of …
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Biblical Warnings and Admonitions (3): Beware
By Mackey W. Harden “Coaches Beware” was the caption of a recent article in the Family Weekly section of a local newspaper. An accompanying photograph displayed a basketball coach with both fists tightly clenched, and his mouth wide open in the middle of a yell. The essence of the article was to reveal the danger of …
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“Apparent Age” Of The Universe
By Keith Sharp Professor Neal Buffaloe argued in public discussion that, if the Lord created the universe with “apparent age,” he deceived mankind into thinking the world is older than it actually is. This is an oft-repeated contention of evolutionists, such as Dr. Buffaloe. Is the assertion correct? Suppose a highly trained engineer from the United …