By Richard Thetford Have you ever wondered why many Christians don’t seem to be fully committed to following Christ and his teachings? One will be baptized into Christ, putting on Christ (Gal. 3:27), but then will soon drift back into his old ways of sin, continuing to practice those things that are to be put …
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The Abortion Pill
By John Isaac Edwards In France, there is an alternative to an invasive surgical procedure to terminate a pregnancy: abortion by medication. Mifepristone, commonly known as RU-486, has been available in France for 11 years and has gained regulatory approval in thirteen other countries. More than 300,000 women in Europe, and possibly more than three …
Perversion of Romans 14 Continues
By Bill Reeves Many and varied are the perverted uses of Paul’s inspired teaching in what we call the 14th chapter of Romans. Here’s a new one, at least for me. The Broadway church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas, in their bulletin of January 30, 2000, received a message from the elders to the “diverse …
Editorial Left-overs
By Connie W. Adams Buy the Truth and Sell it Not These words from Proverbs 23:23 are engraved on the stone at the grave of Roy E. Cogdill in Hobart, Oklahoma. No words could better describe his life than these. It was a memorable experience for Bobby and me to visit this grave site on …