By Mike Willis Controversy is unpleasant for everyone. We all long for peace. Controversy is sometimes unavoidable. Despite every effort to stay out of World War II, the United States was drawn into war by the unprovoked Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. In a similar way, soldiers of Christ are forced into …
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Does Acts 15 Authorize Women In Business Meeting?
By Donnie V. Rader In discussions about women in business meetings, one of the main passages that is introduced is Acts 15.This chapter deals with the “conference” at Jerusalem about the matter of circumcision. This passage is cited as proof that women may attend and participate in decision-making business meetings. Let’s consider the argument that is …
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Personally Pointed Paragraphs
By Larry Ray Hafley “Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease” (Prov. 22:10). Would my home, the place where I work, and the church be more peaceful and harmonious if I were “cast out”? If I am a scoffing, murmuring, complaining scorner, they would be. Is it not …
Bible Class Teachers And Their Duties
By Bill Jeter In Acts 8, Philip asked a man traveling from Ethiopia to Jerusalem to worship if he understood what he was reading. His reply was, “How can I except some man guide me?” He needed a teacher. The word “teacher” is in reference to “one who teaches, instructs, trains, directs, and guides.” As we …