By Herschel E. Patton For years Calvinism had no impact upon New Testament Christianity at all, except as a heresy to be met by strenuous opposition. Calvinism involves the underlying theme of salvation being wholly by grace and apart from any works or responsibility on the part of man. The theory contends that man is born …
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By Hoyt H. Houchen Question: Does the confession mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 10:32, 33 refer to confessing or denying Him in one’s life, or does it mean with the lips? Reply: Jesus said, “Every one therefore who shall confess me before me, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But …
By Robert F. Turner Alvin Jennings’ book, How Christianity Grows in the City, is an expanded and renamed edition of his original 3 R’s of Urban Church Growth. It caused a stir among liberal churches, including a rather “hot” review by G.K. Wallace in the Gospel Advocate (Nov. 19, ’81); and now the book is being …
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By Bill Cavender For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and re”Fturneth not thither, but waterth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall …
