By Dennis Abernathy The night of December 29, 1876, marks one of the most tragic wrecks in the history of American railroading. On that bitter cold night a west bound express train crashed through a trestle over a swollen stream near Ashtabula, Ohio, caught fire, and carried a hundred passengers to a burning death. On board …
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An Open Letter to Furman Kearley, Gospel Advocate Editor
By Dick Blackford Dear Brother Kearley, I was perplexed at your November, 1991 editorial in which you praised and thanked the 4000 congregations which participated in the “One Nation Under God” Campaign. First, you said it was a success because it has stirred our minds to remember the Great Commission. I suppose one should say the …
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Honoring God With Our Lips
By Clark C. Buzbee “These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men” (Matt. 15:8-9). Isaiah first said it, and Jesus quoted it, making application of it to those who …
Hellenism Among The Jews
By Louis J. Sharp “Hellenism is the name we give to the manifold achievements of the Greeks in social and political institutions, in the various arts, in science and philosophy, in morals and religion” (ISBE 1371). “It is difficult to define this spirit, but one may say that it was marked from the first by an …