Bible Basics: The Seed is the Word of God

By Earl Robertson In the parable of the sower, Jesus said, “The seed is the word of God” (Luke 8:11). In this parable, Jesus was teaching some essentials of the kingdom of God, and they could be illustrated with no greater force than with the elementary lesson of seed sown and its results. God’s order has …

Can One Be Sure When He Is Right Religiously? (2)

By S. Leonard Tyler If one is to be positive about his religious safety without selfish bigotry or self-justification, he must be established in the truth of God as revealed in the Bible. When one hears God’s word, believes its message, and obeys its commands, he can safely trust in its promises-be saved from past sins …

The Attitude of Modernism Toward the Bible

By Melvin Curry The term modernism is misleading. Modernism is as ancient as it is modern; and the first century church had its share of trouble with modernism. Second Peter describes a group of modernists who deny the Lord who bought them, ridicule the promise of the Second Coming, and in defiance of the supernatural affirm …

Church of Christ Hospitals?

By Keith Pruitt From reading the May 25, 1978 edition of Gospel Advocate, it would appear that some brethren (R. Maurice Hood, M.D., was the author of an article entitled “Should We Minister to the Sick?”) are now advocating church supported institutional care in the area of medicine. First, let it be clearly stated that I …