By John Smith While on jury duty recently, I had the opportunity to gain some interesting and challenging insight into the attitude of the world toward immodest apparel. (As far as I was able to determine, none of my fellow jurors was a New Testament Christian.) Several times during the two-day trial a female bailiff …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Artificial Lures
By Weldon E. Warnock In years past I have done a lot of fishing with artificial lures. They worked well in tricking bass that it was above to lay hold of a tasty morsel of food. Men, including preachers in the church of Christ, use artificial lures and gimmicks to appeal to and attract people …
Provoking One Another
By Walton Weaver Words are often used in the Bible in both a good and a bad sense. This is true of the word “provoke.” The word is often used in the Old Testament to show how Israel provoked God to anger by her idolatrous practices. In anticipation of the time when the Israelites would …
New Swaziland Dress Code For Schools
By Steve Wallace The problem with immodesty in our culture is shocking. Many men and women have long since become comfortable appearing in public in various states of undress. Many preachers will not preach on modesty or, if they do, they say little in terms of what should or should not be worn by God’s …