By Donald P. Ames A problem that has a tendency to crop up every once in awhile is the effort to restrict those who are to be allowed to partake of the communion, or Lord’s Supper. Usually this is done with one of two approaches: (1) the concept of “closed communion,” or (2) challenging whether or …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Men Leading The Worship Services
By Dennis C. Abernathy Should men be used to direct or lead the worship services when they are not faithful to attend the services of the local church (coming only on Sunday mornings)? Should these men be used in leading the local church in worship as a means to encourage them (the men) to greater faithfulness? …
The Christian”s Approach To Life
By Lewis Willis In 1 Corinthians 15:58, the apostle Paul wrote: “Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”Besides being a well-known passage of Scripture, it expresses some essential ingredients in the attitude of …
Preacher’s Rights
By Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. My defense to those who examine me Is this: Do we have no right to eat and drink? Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? Or Is It only Barnabas and I who have …