The Danville Special Training Classes: What Are They?

By Steve Wolfgang Over the years I have been preaching in Danville (this is my ninth) I have received numerous inquiries about our “special training classes.” It is evident that, although we have advertised in various periodicals (magazines and newspapers, secular and religious) and many brethren are aware of what these classes are, many other brethren …

Preacher, Prepare Yourself (As Well As The Sermon)

By Don Givens As faithful preachers of the Words of everlasting life, we must know God’s truth, experience it in our own daily lives, and conscientiously share it with others. Our listeners must receive the truth, apply it, and be changed by it. In order to accomplish this task of “speaking as the oracles of God” …

Restoration Patternism

By Garreth L. Clair The title of this article is taken from a book by Leroy Garrett, titled “The Stone Campbell Movement” which I have recently read carefully. The book is called a history of the reformation movement (not restoration movement). From the documented cases within the book of statements attributed to both Stone and the …