By Donald Townsley It is a well-known fact that a generation of people often inherit the good deeds and mistakes of a previous generation. This being true, each generation needs to be keenly aware of its responsibility. This is also true in the church. What the church tomorrow will be and accomplish depends, to a great …
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Ask Singular Or Plural?
By Larry Ray Hafley The religious world thrives and derives its life from diversity-the plurality of creeds, doctrines, ceremonies and organizations is the blood that sanctifies the soul of denominationalism. It is presumed and assumed that all of the various varieties of church polity and policy are approved of God. Thus, spiritual governments and institutions continue …
We All Fail, At Times, To Exercise Self-Control
By Don R Hastings The word “self-control” is translated from a Greek word which literally means, “one who holds himself in.” It is a better rendering than “temperance,” since today the word “temperance” is usually limited in the meaning to one form of self-control, i.e., abstaining from alcohol. Self-control is the bringing of all our appetites, …
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Where’s The Man?
By Dennis L. Freeman If you will ask the above question with the same voice inflection that is used by the 82-year-old woman who advertises for Wendy’s all “beef” hamburgers, you may have more fun with it. This question came to my mind while giving consideration to an incident in the life of Jesus related to …