By Larry Ray Hafley The church, the truth and the gospel thrive on controversy. Controversy abounds when the truth is preached. The church grows when controversy surrounds it. The gospel, the sword of the Spirit, is sharpened when, through controversy, it confounds sin and darkness. There has always existed an innate conflict of truth and error, …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Fellowship: Physical or Spiritual?
By Daniel H. King What comes to mind when someone uses the word “fellowship”? Do you get the impression of something physical or spiritual when the term is used? The answers to these questions, as you would give them, have largely to do with how you have been taught on the subject. If the teaching you …
Television-Boon or Bane?
By Wayne S. Walker On “Eight is Enough” the oldest son lived with his wife before they were married, and the middle son made a girl pregnant out of wedlock. If I am not mistaken, the son on :’Family” was arrested for being at a “gay” bar. And “James at Sixteen” lost his virginity. These television …
“Considering Thyself, Lest Thou Also Be Tempted: The Danger of Compromise and Inconsistency
By Ron Halbrook Bible history and the subsequent history of man eloquently warn us of the danger of inconsistency between our professed faith and our actual practice. We speak not here of the problem of occasional sin, from which a growing Christian turns (1 Jn. 1:5-2:2), but of persistence in a course of compromise. As we …