By Aude McKee Introduction: I. Review of the origin of the Lord’s church. A. Through the “seed” all nations were to be blessed. The church is that which the “seed” accomplished (Gen. 3:15; 22:18; Acts 2:47). B. The kingdom was prophesied – Jesus’ reign began on Pentecost. C. The church is composed of called out people. …
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Will The Real “Social Gospel” Please Stand Up?
By Warren E. Berkley Lately I’ve been hearing the charge made, that when a gospel preacher delivers sermons against abortion, drug and alcohol use, humanism, new age religion and so forth, he is representing “social issues,” preaching a “social gospel,” and not preaching the New Testament gospel. I believe there certainly is a “social gospel.” It’s …
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The Indwelling Spirit And Jimmy Swaggart
By Mike Willis The Jimmy Swaggart debacle has received national attention for several weeks now. The newspapers report that he hired a prostitute to undress before him and that he has been rather addicted to pornography for nearly twenty years. I take no joy in the sin of this or any other man. The man needs …
“Footnotes”
By Steve Wolfgang Footnote Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind.- How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987), pp. 68,73-75. Allan Bloom, currently a professor at the University of Chicago, has had a distinguished academic career, teaching also at Yale, the universities of …