By Mike Willis Several years ago, the Crossroads church of Christ in Gainesville, Florida began to draw national attention. Ira Rice rarely published an issue of Contending for the Faith without devoting some attention to the Crossroads movement. Some early articles had trouble elucidating the problem at Crossroads. Several years have passed and one is able …
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And They Stood Every Man In His Place (3)
By Johnie Edwards The place of deacons is very vital to a successful working church. A man who had been a deacon for some twenty-five years once asked me, “Just what is the work of deacons? I’ve been one for twenty-five years and I do not understand what I am supposed to be doing.” Realizing many …
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Praise God, and Pass The Nachos
By Harry R. Osborne Have you gone to the worship services of various churches? There is an amazing variety among them. In fact, there is so much variety that one wonders how so many practices could come from people supposedly following the same book, the Bible. The obvious fact is that they do not follow the …
Gleanings From Genesis: The Story of Lot
By Wayne S. Walker The word of God contains many excellent examples of faith and righteousness – consider, for example, the lives of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Peter, and Paul, as well as the perfect life of Jesus Christ. The Bible also pictures several negative examples – illustrations of what God does not want us to …