By Donald A Ames Recently I received a complimentary copy of J.W. Robert’s Acts of Apostles, Part 2 (part of the Living Word series published by the Sweet Pub. Co., long known for their liberal leanings). As I glanced through it, it was indeed simple and easy to read. But when he came to Acts 20, …
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A Response to Steve Gibson’s “Galatians 6:10 and the Great Collection” (1)
By Martin Pickup During the debate over institutionalism in the 1950’s and ’60’s, a question arose concerning the proper objects of church benevolence. Was a local church to be thought of as a general benevolence society, providing church funds to anyone regardless of whether or not they were a Christian? Or was general humanitarian benevolence an …
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Words of Comfort and Exhortation to a Grieving Widow
By Becky Curtiss (Editor’s Note: The following letter was written to sister Melodye [Deedee] Hall following the death of her husband Mike. Mike served the Danville, Indiana church as an elder for nearly two years before succumbing to leukemia. The letter was written the day after its author attended the visitation at the funeral home. The …
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The Not So Great Commission
By Max Tice A number of years ago, a well-known gospel preacher commented to me privately that our institutional brethren were the only ones doing anything about the Great Commission. Although he and I both deplored the use of unscriptural methods in many of their evangelistic efforts, we both agreed that there was much truth in …