By Mike Willis Living. in a culture in which divorce is the end of half of all marriages, Christians should expect that the problem of divorce would spill over into the church. As Christians have faced the problem of divorce among the membership of the local church, they have witnessed the devastation which it has wrought. …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Romans 11:26: All Israel Shall Be Saved
By James W. Hester As a whole, the denominational world accepts the above proposition verbatim. One would be hard pressed indeed to find a preacher among them who did not believe that Israel by some mysterious happenstance shall be saved. As to how this will come about, they differ; some could not tell you if they …
A Significant Discussion On Instrumental Music: The Blakely-Highers Debate
By Dick Blackford Due to its significance the editor of Guardian of Truth asked me to review this debate which occurred in Neosho, Missouri, near Joplin where the first Restoration Summit meeting took place in 1984. The summit was a unity meeting between fifty preachers of the Independent Christian Church (ICC) and fifty preachers from churches …
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Imputed Righteousness
By Johnny Stringer No one lives a perfectly righteous life; all have been guilty of unrighteousness. How, then, may one be righteous in God’s sight? One theory is that we can be regarded as righteous by being credited with the perfect life of Christ. This theory says that Christ’s personal righteousness is imputed to the Christian. …