By Dick Lambert It was May of 1940. The dreaded German Panzar Division had swept across Europe and had the British Army pinned down at Dunkirk. The British and French generals thought that the narrow twisting roads and paths through the Ardennes forest were too small to allow the mass movement of the large German tanks …
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Apostles, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers: Who Needs Them?
By Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. Our Lord equipped the church with apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (Eph. 4:11-12), but why use them, when we can have educators, scientists and engineers? Just another meaningless question about a hypothetical situation? Hardly. Evidence is mounting that brethren, allegedly conservative, are more and more turning to people of perceived …
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David Lipscomb University Missionary Society
By Lewis Willis There are many people in churches of Christ today who are not familiar with the terminology, “Missionary Society.” Many of these people are not even aware that at one time churches of Christ and what we know as the Christian Church were united in one body. However, almost 150 years ago a division …
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A Response
By Bobby R. Holmes In the September 30, 1993, and December 31, 1993 issues of Sentry brother Shane Scott had an article entitled “The One True Church.” Brother Scott is a very talented young man who does a good job in writing. However, he used a portion of an article that I wrote entitled “Bible Baptism …