By Irvin Himmel “I do not subscribe to a religious periodical,” says one, “because there is so much fighting in all the papers.” “Why can’t preachers just preach the gospel and not be fighting all the time?” asks another. Then someone else adds, “I do not believe that different churches should fight each other. After all, …
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“A Sign, Mark, Token”
By Larry Ray Hafley “Sign” is the most frequent translation of the word semeion. It means “a sign, mark, token” (Thayer, p. 573). When reference is made to a miracle, semeion characteristically implies that the act indicates a power or meaning behind it. That is natural and logical, for what is a sign if it is …
Preacher’s Wages
By Tom Wheeler It is a good time for me to say some things on this subject as I just recently moved and no one could think I am asking for a raise yet. Brethren have mistreated many preachers by their stinginess. They and their families have done without necessities in order for them to preach …
The New Testament Church was Not a Denomination
By Bruce Edwards, Jr. “The church described in the New Testament was not a denomination.” We understand that sentence. We have heard it all our lives. We mouth it to friends and to neighbors. We courageously affirm it before fellow Christians. We are thoroughly and categorically convinced that it is true. But do we fully realize …
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