Jesus’ Teaching During His Personal Ministry

By Robert F. Turner The recent Bassett-Holt debate on divorce and remarriage “except for fornication” placed the issue on whether or not the second marriage must be terminated. Holt said one must cease that error of which he repents – identified as the adulterous relation of the second marriage; while Bassett said the “adultery” of Matthew …

Love, Law and Mercy

By Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. Frequently, we hear from brethren who seemed bent on freeing us from the shackles of “legalism” or “phariseeism,” as they perceive it. To these people, viewing the New Testament as a rigid standard for moral and religious conduct makes one a “legalist,” the chief of sinners, a pharisee of pharisees, without …

Organizations Have Limitations: Exceeding Them Brings Disaster

By Wallace H. Little The Jews allowed the Sabbath to be the end itself, rather than as Mark records Christ in saying, it was to serve man (Mk. 2:27 – “the Sabbath was made for men, not man for the Sabbath”). J.C. Briney was the major figure saving the Missionary Society from extinction. At the 1906 …