By Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. “. . . Righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds” – 2 Pet. 2:7,8 (NKJV). Lot, the nephew of Abraham, is scripturally judged to …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Was Paul “A Baptist Preacher”?
By Larry Ray Hafley In a Baptist publication, The Grace Proclamator and Promulgator, Wayne Camp states that the apostle Paul was “a Baptist preacher.” I do not know where Mr. Camp learned this, but it was not from the New Testament, unless I have overlooked something. A goodly number of Baptist preachers “at sundry times and …
The Bible Only Makes Christians Only
By Kenneth E. Thomas If every other belief and practice is in complete harmony with the will of Christ except the name by which one is called religiously, that person cannot be pleasing to the Lord. I hope my opening statement will gain the attention of the reader sufficiently to hear me out completely. If I …
Have Ye Not Read?
By Hoyt H. Houchen Question: Is it a violation of Acts 17.29 to use pictures that depict Jesus in teaching children’s classes or to use other graphic art in bulletins or on transparencies that portray events in the life of Jesus? Reply: When Paul came to Athens on his second preaching tour, he saw a city …