By Luther Bolenbarker This “holier than thou” attitude is one that we all have to guard against from time to time. We all have a tendency (sometimes just to ourselves) to “blow our own horn” while at the same time we “put down” or belittle someone else. I guess that this may seem normal (which doesn’t …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Halloween and the Observance of Christmas
By Jeff Smelser Halloween presents us with a splendid opportunity to discuss Christmas. Nonsense? Not at all! The perennial questions concerning the Christian’s view toward Christmas basically involve three factors: (1) What was the original meaning of the December 25th celebration? (2) What is the Christian’s intent who celebrates on December 25th? (3) What care should …
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The Fruit of Contention
By Frank Jamerson The wise writer of the Proverbs said a number of things about the sin of strife or contention. He said that the source of it is pride. “Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom” (13:10). Also, “The beginning of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the …
Effects of No Church Discipline
By Irven Lee ( Note: In our special issue on “Church Discipline,” we made a production error which resulted in only half of this article by brother Lee being printed. Consequently, we are printing the article in its entirety in this issue. We apologize to brother Lee for this error and will make available to those …