By Eugene Crawley Among the many things that Paul wrote to the saints at Rome is the statement: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (1:16). This is only one of …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
History Of The Cooperation Issue
By Jack H. Kirby The issues that arose in and divided the Lord’s church in the 1950s and 60s had their beginning back in the 1930s. In 1938, brother G.C. Brewer, at the Abilene Christian College Lectures, made a statement that the church that did not have ACC in its budget had the wrong preacher. Brother …
The Baptist Church
By Ronny Milliner The largest Protestant group in the United States is composed of those who take the name Baptist. Their total membership in 1971 was estimated to be 27,527,471. The Bible tells us to “test the spirits to see whether they are from God” (1 Jn. 4:1). Jesus warned us that there would be some …
The Action Of Baptism
By Mike Willis One of the common sermons which was preached and one of the common articles which appeared in restoration literature of a previous century was “The Action of Baptism.” The restoration leaders were studying their way out of denominationalism. One of the important truths which they learned was that the action of baptism was …