By Larry Ray Hafley From the “Baptist Herald,” a publication of MidContinent Baptist College, Mayfield, Kentucky, we have salvaged the following: “WHY I AM A BAPTIST” 1. Because I am requested to do so. 1 Peter 3:15. 2. In Jude verse 3 I am commanded to contend for the true faith. 3. In Ephesians 3:21 I …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
The Christian’s Walk in ’78
By Johnie Edwards There are two men in the Old Testament I would like to call to your attention who walked with God. “Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God” (Gen. 6:9). Noah was said to have walked with God because his faith led him to obey God …
Bible Basics: Jesus is Savior
By Earl Robertson Matthew records this statement, “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). What good news for sin-laden people! The Jews had the Law of Moses for fifteen hundred yeas, but that law could not take away …
Another Scopes Trial?
By Mike Willis In 1925, John T. Scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee was charged with violating a state law which prohibited the teaching of any theories which deny the divine creation of man. The counsel for the defense was Clarence Darrow; William Jennings Bryan assisted in the prosecuting of Scopes. Scopes had been teaching …