By John McCort The most popular argument used to justify instrumental music in worship is an argument drawn from the word “Psalms” (psalmos) in Eph. 5:19. The argument made is that in the Old Testament psalms were sung to an instrument of music. It is claimed that the instrument of music is inherent in the singing …
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By Luther Blackmon Sometimes I have suspicions that we call names out of spite and vindictiveness. Whoever does that advertises his littleness. But the person who says that we should never call names advertises his ignorance of the true spirit of the New Testament writers. Of course Luke could have said “there was a couple in …
By Dennis L. Shaver In our last article we discussed two attitudes (ignorance and pride) which we believe are responsible for the existence and perpetuation of denominations. We will conclude this study in this article by dealing with two more attitudes which contribute to denominations’ existing. Denominations Exist Through Human Tradition Tradition has been a downfall …
By Ron Halbrook Ketcherside might well pay “special tribute” to C. H. Dodd (1884-1973), and we would do well to pay special attention to him, too. Ketcherside says there are “two different messages” in the New Testament, as explained above. (Paul apparently disclaims the second message, which they call “doctrine,” because he said he knew “nothing …
