By Dick Blackford Writers for Ensign delight in attacking “the orthodox positions of mainline Churches of “Christ” while taking the unorthodox position on nearly everything. But it may just be -that once in a while the orthodox position is the right one – a thing they would hate to admit. Michael Hall, a regular writer for …
Monthly Archives: May 2012
India Report
By William V. Beasley and John Humphries We left for India on April 21, 1980 for six weeks of teaching the word of God. We wanted to have classes with English-speaking Christians. By having the classes in English, we were able to cover much more material than having stop-and-go preaching using interpreters. Also, we knew exactly what …
The Purpose of Baptism
By Mike Willis One of the distinguishing marks of those who contend for the faith once for all delivered unto the saints (Jude 3) is what they teach regarding the purpose of baptism. Whereas denominationalism generally teaches salvation by faith only, resulting in the dogma that one does not have to be baptized in order to …
Putting Away All Filthiness
By B.G. Echols Receiving the word of God must be accompanied or preceded by a putting away of all wickedness. “Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls” (James 1:21). “Putting away” is the word used for taking off filthy clothes. Here …