By Larry Ray Hafley It was my good pleasure and privilege to serve as an assistant to brother Dick Blackford during his debate with Steve Epley, a Pentecostal preacher. The debate was held in the meeting house of the Pentecostals in Owensboro, Kentucky, during the week of June 9th. Before I get into the pertinent details …
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What Is “Sectarian Baptism”?
By Robert F. Turner In the early days of what is now the Oaks-West church in Burnet, a young man answered the gospel invitation by declaring his faith in Christ, and his desire to be baptized into Christ. We had no baptistry at that time, so we asked leaders of another church in Burnt, if we …
Paul And Heaven
By Ron Daly The inspired and authoritative edict of the apostle is, “If therefore ye were jointly raised with the Christ, the things above keep seeking ye, where Christ is, at the right hand of God sitting. The things above keep minding ye, not the things upon the earth” (a literal translation of Col. 3:1-2). Paul, …
Pearls From Proverbs
By Irvin Himmel Smile, I Say There, Smile A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken (Prov. 15:13). Like many other proverbs, this one is a contrasted parallelism. Most of the wise sayings in chapter 13 are of this type. Two thoughts are placed alongside each other …