By Weldon Warnock It was refreshing to read brother Jackson’s third affirmative without his thrashing Thrasher or exprobating Mr. Editor. Brother Thrasher must have done a better job on Jackson in their debate than we are led to believe in Jackson’s affirmative. No, Warnock is not in a bind! Brother Jackson is just dreaming. He has …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
First Negative
By Weldon Warnock We appreciate brother Jackson’s willingness to enter into this written exchange on the proposition he has set forth. The issue between us is not whether orphans must have care, or whether institutional orphan homes have a right to exist, but rather may churches of Christ contribute from their treasuries, scripturally, to institutional orphan …
Ecclesiastes 9:5-10
By Clarence W. Fell If you have tried to discuss the state of the dead with a Jehovah’s Witness then no doubt you have had to deal with Ecclesiastes 9:5-10. They smoothly focus on a couple of phrases from the passage and ignore the rest. The phrases that they focus on – out of context – …
Third Affirmative
By Roger Jackson Brother Warnock is in a terrible bind! I knew that he had said too much for his own good when he said the church has an obligation to some orphans. He will not allow implicit authority for church support of orphans rejecting syllogisms with component parts and constituent elements in paragraph 4 and …