Ban the Babies

By Larry Ray Hafley “CHICAGO (UPI)-Proclaiming bawling babies the greatest obstacle to the people of God since the barbarians, a Roman Catholic priest has launched a `Ban the Babies’ movement. The Rev. Frank E. Fortkamp, who proclaims himself the `founding Father of the Ban the Babies Movement,’ calls for `an ecclesiastical directive from the highest authority’ …

“Baptist Church” not the “Church of Christ”

By Thomas G. O’Neal Several months ago the following short article appeared in several church bulletins: PRE-CAMPBELL CHRISTIANITY “In a recent article this interesting quotation appeared as a documentary research of .Dr. Robinson, principal of Overdale College, Birmingham, England. “`In the Furness District of Lancashire-in N.W. England -there existed in 1669, during the reign of Charles …

Wanted: Speech Seasoned with Salt

By Bruce Edwards, Jr. I wonder if anybody else is as tired of hearing about “ministries” as I am. For the past few years one could hardly pick up a “brotherhood” paper or bulletin without reading about some kind of “bus ministry,” “bookstore ministry,” “tract ministry” and on and on. This is of course true only …