By William V. Beasley The New Testament clearly sets forth strong reasons for being a member of the Lord’s church. In the church one serves under the headship of Christ (Eph. 1:22; Col. 1:18) to give glory to God (Eph. 3:21). In Christ, his spiritual body the church, we enjoy all spiritual blessings (Eph. 1:3), where …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Jamaica Versus Bible Times
By Bobbie Jean Cook Burnette Recently, I was privileged to accompany my husband on one of his foreign preaching trips to Jamaica, an island country about 156 miles long and 51 miles wide, in the West Indies. One would think that it would be no problem to cover this territory. However, this is not true because …
By What Authority?
By Lewis Willis An incident in the ministry of Jesus, recorded in Mark 11:15-33, is the focus of attention in this article. Jesus had entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. In the temple he found common, marketplace trade being conducted. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of them that sold doves …
The Christian’s Confidence
By Shannon Staffer In this age of highly technological gizmos and gadgets, faster this and more powerful thats, along with a tremendous demand on us and our time to deal with our family, a job, our physical appearance, the brethren and so on, there comes what we so affectionately call “stress.” When this “friend” comes and …