By Dennis C. Abernathy It is sad that local churches have problems, but the fact of the matter is that they do from time to time. Local churches in the New Testament had internal problems and churches today will have them. At times problems are stirred by certain individuals and the flame of turmoil is fanned …
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College Education Too Broad In Minds Of Upset Parents
By Abigail Van Buren Dear Abby: You told “Upset Parent,” who objected to the lack of moral supervision at college: “When a grown child goes off to college, parents cannot expect the authorities there to assume guardianship of their children’s sexual behavior. “ Abby, the college authorities have a responsibility to provide living quarters that are …
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“Footnotes”
By Steve Wolfgang Footnote Thomas Campbell, “Declaration and Address,” in H. Shelton Smith, et al., eds., American Christianity (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1960), 1583. The following is Proposition I of the “Declaration and Address”: “That the Church of Christ upon earth is essentially, intentionally, and constitutionally one, consisting of all those in every place that …
Boles Orphan Home . . . Things Have Changed!
By Hayes Reneau Few members of the church of Christ are unaware of Boles Home. Most know it played a dominant role in the ugly division which exists today. The following article written by reporter Theresa Causbie Dempsey appeared in the Herald Banner of Greenville, Texas, March 27, 1988. 1 didn’t want to reproduce the whole …
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