By Mike Willis Christians have always been distinctive. The worship of the New Testament church was distinctive from both Jewish and pagan devotions. The morals of Christians made them so distinguishable that the pagan world thought “it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you” (1 Pet. …
Monthly Archives: August 2012
He Who Has Ears . . .
By Walton Weaver The ear represents the faculty of understanding. Jesus sometimes used the proverbial expression, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear,” to appeal to his listeners to use their gift of understanding to carefully weigh his teaching and receive it (Matt. 11:15; 13:9; Rev. 2:7). Just as men may see but not …
Heaven Is My Home
By Wayne S. Walker My family and I, along with the church where I labor, recently encountered a rather strange situation that was, to say the least, a bit unnerving. The brethren decided to sell the preachers’ house that the church had owned, because of its age, condition and location, and allow us to purchase our …
What Religion Can Do To Change America
By Lewis Willis I have before me an article by Cal Thomas, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, printed in the Akron Beacon Journal (11-16-92). Thomas advised the “religious right” to leave politics. He reported that Jerry Falwell was being inundated with requests to crank up the Moral Majority again. Thomas’ opinion is this: …