By Larry Ray Hafley Our title is that of an article written by a Missionary Baptist preacher, L. R. Riley. It appeared in the Baptist Herald, May 3, 1978. The arguments advanced are not new. They have been advocated and answered scores of times. A few may think that no such teaching must be considered today. …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
In Defense of Creeds
By Roland Worth, Jr. Very few people will take the time and effort to defend the existence of humanly composed creeds. A notable exception is Arnold T. Olson, head of the Evangelical Free Church of America. In his book, This We Believe: The Background and Exposition of the Doctrinal Statement of the Evangelical Free Church of …
The Shortest Chapter
By Irvin Himmel There is an appropriate time for long hymns and for short hymns, for long prayers and for short prayers, for long sermons and for short sermons, for long admonitions and for short admonitions, for long compositions and for short compositions. Interestingly, the longest and shortest chapters in the Bible are in the same …
Calvinistic Election
By Mike Willis The doctrine of election as taught by Calvinists is a pernicious doctrine. To them, it is a doctrine which gives them comfort. The idea that God has predetermined that they would be saved, sent them the Holy Spirit to illumine their hearts in order that they might believe and repent, and made it …