Observations Taken from a Religious Census

By Bill H. Reeves The Bureau of the Census, of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, prepared a two-volume work entitled, “Religious Bodies: 1936,” which contains some of the most valuable material in print on denominationalism. The government had for a good number of decades taken such a census every ten years. I have only the 1936 …

The Resurrection was on Sunday

By Wayne S. Walker One of the arguments made by Sabbatarians against Christians’ worshiping on the first day of the week is their claim that the resurrection was not on Sunday. They place the historical occurrence of the resurrection on Saturday, the day they have chosen to revere as “God’s eternal sabbath.”Often when they assert that …

Issues that Divide Us (VI): Understanding the New Testament Evangelism

By Robert Jackson As we continue our study of evangelism, I want you to take your Bibles and follow along with me. Find out exactly what the Bible says about the local church being engaged in New Testament evangelism. In 1 Timothy 1:3 the apostle Paul is telling young Timothy to abide still at Ephesus. Now …