When The Principle Becomes Personal

By Warren E. Berkley It becomes necessary, sometimes, to speak out against sin by directly exposing the guilty parties. When John the Baptist called upon Jews to repent, he said the Pharisees and Sadducees were a “generation of vipers” (Matt. 3:210), and he rebuked Herod for adultery (Mark 6:18). Stephen was another who didn’t keep quiet. …

Pearls From Proverbs: Mischievous Meddling

By Irvin Himmel He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears (Prov. 26:17). No lesson could be more obvious than that taught and illustrated in this proverb. However, some people have not learned the lesson. It seems difficult for certain persons to …

Three Liberal Preachers Repent

By Paul K. Williams Solomon Mzolo In September 1986 brother Solomon Mzolo phoned me. He is 53 years old, was converted about 1959 by the preaching of brother John Hardin, and has been preaching most of the time since. When the split came in South Africa (1963), he aligned himself with the institutional brethren. However, some …