By Ken Weliever As bizarre as it may sound, I recently attended my own funeral. The occasion was my fortieth birthday. My good wife and close friends decided it would be a good joke to have a surprise party that began with a funeral bemoaning the passing of my youth. A friend’s basement was decorated in …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
The Public Worship Of God
By Robert F. Turner Early in this century some preachers in the midwest advocated an “order of worship” based upon Acts 2:42. Public worship had to begin with “the apostles’ doctrine” followed in strict order by “fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers.” Perhaps they got “Singing” into that order, by considering it a part of “apostles’ …
Not Ours – But His Reproach
By Bill Hall “Let us go forth therefore unto him with the camp, bearing his reproach” (Heb. 13:13). One who is willing to bear the reproach of Christ should be held in high esteem, but there is a major difference between bearing his reproach and bearing one’s own reproach. The person who suffers “for righteousness’ sake” …
“Awake, Sleeper!”
By W. Frank Walton “Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you” (Eph. 5:14, NASB). Sinners must be converted or awakened from the sleep of spiritual death to rise to spiritual life in Christ (cf. Jn. 6:25). Being “enlightened” (Jn. 1:9; 8:12), we have the vision of faith to see what …