By Larry Ray Hafley While in a meeting recently, a brother casually mentioned that last year he had taken two young people to a nearby gospel meeting where J.T. Smith was preaching. He said that both were baptized two months later and both mentioned the sermon J.T. preached as one that “bothered” them and caused them …
Yearly Archives: 2012
The Impact Of Premillennialism On The Church
By Steve Wolfgang Though it is not possible to measure or quantify precisely the impact of premillennialism on the Lord’s church, the influence of this doctrine might appear, at first glance, to be slight.(1) Many people assume that because the doctrine is not actively taught among most churches of Christ it is therefore not worthy of much …
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The Impact Of Instrumental Music On The Church
By Marshall E. Patton Lest We Forget – Instrumental music in worship unto God pierced with excruciating pain the precious spiritual body of our Lord and left in its wake a body cut asunder, life-long friends, relatives, and brethren alienated, a church impeded in its progress influentially and numerically, and many who were made the object …
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The Impact Of The “Social Gospel” On The Church
By Sewell Hall One of the largest trading companies in West Africa began as a religious mission sent from Switzerland to preach to the Africans. The evangelists had to bring their own supplies and they brought extra quantities to sell to the natives. As time went on these mercantile activities increased while their religious work diminished. …
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