The Biblical Concept of Father

By Boyd Sellers A recent Reader’s Digest article, “Life Without Father” (February 1997), shows a picture of a lonely-looking little girl sitting on one end of a couch. At the other end is an outline of a male figure to emphasize his absence. The caption beneath the picture reads, “What a man contributes to child rearing …

Hall/Wright Debate Concerning Salvation

By Steve Curtis On the nights of April 3 and 4, 1997, a debate was con-ducted discussing the terms of salvation. Gaddy Hall affirmed the proposition, “The Scriptures teach that water baptism to the penitent believer is for (in order to) the re-mission of sins in the shed blood of Jesus Christ (Col. 1:14; Rom. 3:25).” …