By Donald Willis A young New York Life Insurance salesman, a member of the Methodist Church, recently responded in a home study, “I can see that the Lord ordained immersion, but how does one know that sprinkling is not acceptable?” After due consideration, I recalled a statement often written into insurance policies, “This Company is not …
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“The Model Church of Christ, or the Modern Church of Christ, Which?”
By C. D. Plum 1. What do we mean by the model Church of Christ? (1) We mean that one body, the church Jesus established, the pattern (Ps. 127: 1, Matt. 16:18, Eph. 4:4, Col. 3:15). (2) We mean the God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, New Testament style church, without human frills or fancies added by men, …
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Concepts of God
By Hoyt H. Houchen In a recent column of the Denver Post, there was an account of a Daytona Beach, Florida couple who had interviewed some children 5-7 years of age about their religious concepts, namely, who God is. Some of their replies are most interesting, some fantastical, others reasonable. Such responses about God were: “He …
EDITORIAL — Two Decades of Digression, Dissension, and Division
By Cecil Willis The “Herald of Truth” just had its 20th birthday. The liberal brethren would have one to believe that evangelistic work always has been done through the sponsoring church arrangement. But such is mere historical wishful thinking on the part of our digressive brethren of the 20th Century. From time to time, brethren who …
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