Cause for Optimism

By Mike Willis If one spends all of his time in his study reading the doctrines circulated by journals across the nation, he is inclined to become somewhat pessimistic regarding the prospects for the future for the Lord’s church. In any given month, I received periodicals promulgating the grace-unity heresy in the form of the following: …

For the Truth’s Sake: The Danger of Reveling

By Ron Halbrook For The Truth’s Sake,” the Holy Spirit through the Word of God convicts men of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:7-13). All men are is sin until they believe and obey the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is “the power of God unto salvation” (Romans 1:16). Not only do the excesses of drunken …

Born of God or Begotten of God?

By Bill Reeves As far back as 1962, brother Carl Ketcherside was teaching that a believer in the divinity of Christ (faith only) was thereby “begotten of God” and, therefore, should be recognized as a “child of God in prospect.” Following English expressions and concepts of the process of physical birth (conception, begettal; delivery, birth; the …