By Franklin T. Puckett September 11, 1966 Mr. Cecil Willis 1835 Brown Street Akron, Ohio Dear Cecil: I have given as much study as time would permit to the textual problem you presented based upon the footnote of the ASV rendition of Acts 12:25. Whether the passage should read “from Jerusalem” or “unto Jerusalem” is a …
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FRANKLIN T. PUCKETT: Powerful Proponent of the Prince of Peace
By Cecil Willis Just this afternoon, I returned from a hurried trip to Florence, Alabama to attend the funeral services for that well-known and much beloved gospel preacher, Franklin T. Puckett. A few years ago, Boyd E. Morgan published a book about early preachers of the gospel in Arkansas. This book he entitled, Arkansas Angels. I …
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THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION
By Larry Ray Hafley QUESTION: From Alabama: `Does Matthew 18:22 apply in a case where d person is about to divorce his mate for the cause of fornication?” REPLY: “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, …
Journalistic Compromise Demonstrated
By Ron Halbrook (Or, How To Write Thirty-eight Times In Digressive Papers Without Being Cut Off) Doubtless it is one of the great philosophic challenges of this age to find out how a gospel preacher can write thirty-eight (yes, 38!) times for digressive papers without being cut off. Well, hold your breath, dear reader, because the …