By Johnie Edwards The place of deacons is very vital to a successful working church. A man who had been a deacon for some twenty-five years once asked me, “Just what is the work of deacons? I’ve been one for twenty-five years and I do not understand what I am supposed to be doing.” Realizing many …
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By Harry R. Osborne Have you gone to the worship services of various churches? There is an amazing variety among them. In fact, there is so much variety that one wonders how so many practices could come from people supposedly following the same book, the Bible. The obvious fact is that they do not follow the …
By Wayne S. Walker The word of God contains many excellent examples of faith and righteousness – consider, for example, the lives of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Peter, and Paul, as well as the perfect life of Jesus Christ. The Bible also pictures several negative examples – illustrations of what God does not want us to …
By Larry Ray Hafley The article by Thomas Sowell which follows below is, to use the vernacular of the day, “Right on.” Mr. Sowell “is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace in Stanford, California.” Personal accountability, hence, personal responsibility, is lacking, but is much needed in the world today as …
