By Barney Keith History has a way of repeating itself, doesn’t it? In April 1865 Moses E. Lard, one of the “Pioneer” preachers, was disturbed as he saw various things happening among churches of Christ. Writing in Lard’s Quarterly (Vol. II, p. 257) he referred to certain developments as “ill-omened symptoms in our ranks.” Among other …
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By Lowell Blasingame Fellowship! It’s a good Bible word but like some others, it is often abused and mis-used. John said that we have fellowship with God by walking in the light (1 Jn. 1:7). Some folks don’t seem to be able to say the word without conjuring visions of fried chicken, coffee and donuts, etc. …
By Ron Halbrook Christ taught his disciples to share the Lord’s Supper on the first day of each week to remember his death for our sins (Matt. 26:26-29; Acts 20:7). He did not authorize a religious festival, ritual, or ceremony to commemorate his birth. “Christmas” as a religious holy day is the result of the doctrines …
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By Don Martin Beloved, I am convinced primarily as a result of a careful study of what the Bible teaches relative to trials and also from a secondary study of life that a basic design of man’s existence upon earth is that of trials, tests, and proving. The fact that God tries cannot be successfully refuted. …
