By Donald P. Ames In our last article we discussed the misuse some make of Proverbs 23:13-14. We noted that God expects us to be fair; and to have love, mercy, and pity in dealing with our children. We further note that if we made more effort in instructive discipline, corrective discipline would not be as …
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Do We Practice Infant Baptism?
By Robert F. Turner Every conscientious gospel preacher with some years of experience has faced the troubling decision about very young people who ask to be baptized. We are happy to see them walk resolutely down the aisle; our hearts are warmed by their innocent confidence; we feel a tie to our own childhood as we …
No Elders – No Preachers
By Frank Jamerson Recently I visited a brother who had decided that he could not worship with a congregation because preachers misunderstood the Bible and would not agree with his ideas. In fact, he had decided that it was wrong to have preachers at all! He asked me if I was a preacher “sent” by God …
The Conversion Of Lydia
By Mike Willis And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thystim, which worshiped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me …