By Jeffery Kingry Often in trying to find out what something is, we find out what it is not. “The Ark was not cedar, oak, or pine” as the line usually goes, because God specified gopher wood. “`The preacher, in the very same way, has qualifications and duties that are specified. Have you ever heard the …
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By Larry A. Bunch There are various “kinds” of discipline (or, “degrees”). We will note each one, beginning with the “milder” form of discipline and progressing to the “sterner.” Public Instruction Many sins are sins of ignorance. Brethren must be taught in order to do God’s will and avoid sin. This is one of the purposes …
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By Mike Willis We are in the throes of another unity movement. This should be encouraging to all who love the Lord; unity of God’s people is not an elusive dream which never can be achieved; it is something which each of us needs to be working to accomplish. Hence, I rejoice that men all over …
By Don R. Hastings You may think that this subject is not very important, but it is one that produces an argument in almost every Bible class when it is discussed. I have been accused of not believing what the Bible taught because I said that the word “corn”, found in the King James Version, has …
