By Thomas Icard Gossiping sins are listed in 2 Cor. 12:30: “. . . debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults.” These sins can cause one to lose his soul, just as lying, stealing, and fornication can. “Gossip” is defined by Webster as “an idle tattler or carrier of tales; mere tattle; groundless rumor” (p. …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Formalism in Worship
By Johnny Stringer Some have decided that the worship in most congregations is not sufficiently spiritual, that it is stilted and formal. They seem convinced that the way to solve this problem is for the congregation to change whatever order is followed in the worship. Many of these brethren want to engage in the same scriptural …
Reflections on the Daily News
By Lewis Willis Snake Handler Bitten; Dies Without Antidote DELBARTON, W. VA. (AP)-The snake that bit Curbs Mounts during a church ceremony was a big one. It lest fang marks an inch apart. Mounts’ arm swelled to twice its normal size, but he sought no medical attention before he died three days later. He was a …
Issues that Divide Us (V): Understanding the Work of a Local Church
By Robert Jackson Thus far in our study, we have noticed that departure has been caused as a lack of respect for the authority of Jesus Christ, failing to abide by the doctrine of Christ; a misunderstanding of the difference between the church and a church-the church in the universal sense which is composed of all …
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