By Mike Willis As the restoration leaders began to study themselves out of denominationalism, they found that what they had previously believed about baptism was wrong. In addition to discovering that the action of baptism was immersion, they also found that the only proper subject to be baptized was a penitent believer. This was contrary to …
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Congregational Autonomy: Preaching and Practice
By P.J. Casebolt I am persuaded that, in many things, our practice comes perilously close to violating our preaching. The Pharisees and the scribes were good (or bad) examples in this respect (Mt. 23:3). None of us are immune to this tendency and our inconsistency can be seen by others-better than vie-can see it ourselves. Just …
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“I Am Not Ashamed. . .”
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 …
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 …