By Walton Weaver The Hebrew custom of providing a burial place for the dead is first introduced in Scripture with Abraham’s purchase of a cave in the land of Canaan for the burial of Sarah (Gen. 23:1ff.). Although Joseph was first embalmed and put in a “coffin” in Egypt (Gen. 50:26), because of his own …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Animal Rights
By Clarence R. Johnson Over the past five decades we’ve heard a lot about rights — human rights, civil rights, states rights, in alienable rights, the right to keep and bear arms, women’s rights, a woman’s “right” to an abortion — and now “animal rights.” This is a complicated subject and maybe not as “black and white, cut …
You’re Not An Apostle (1)
By Mike Willis On more than one occasion, I have used apostolic example to authorize conduct that I was engaged in only to have the one who objected to the conduct to respond, “But, you’re not an apostle.” On one occasion, I was refuting false doctrine and referred to a religious group by name and …
Religious Pluralism?
By Bruce James I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes unto the Father but by me” (John14:6). “Religious Pluralism” is the attitude of the day. Some might even call it the politically correct attitude toward religion. Basically, this kind of thinking is that all religions are equal; that every religion …