By Donald Townsley Dangers have always faced the church and always will as long as the world stands. Every generation of the church has had to confront dangers. In Acts 20:29-30 Paul warned the Ephesian elders of dangers from without and from within the church. Paul warned Timothy of the dangers of apostasy and told him …
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Is The Bible A Pattern?
By Larry Ray Hafley In every age and on every stage of human history, there are those who contend that the Bible does not contain a pattern for believers. We are “free,” they aver, to worship and serve the Lord without worrying about a pattern. They rail against legalism and plead for “the spirit” rather than …
Send the Light
By J. Wiley Adams There is a well-known hymn called Send the Light. It was one of my wife’s favorites as well as mine. The song urges the sending forth of the gospel light into all the world as long as time shall last. There is a sense of urgency in the song as well as …
Where Do You Get That “Necessary Inference” Bit?
By Bill H. Reeves The more brethren move farther away in their practices from New Testament authority, the more we hear aspersions cast on “necessary inference” as a way of establishing biblical authority. Some twelve years ago a brother wrote in his bulletin: “I’m afraid of these inferers. ” He said, “All inferences are human inferences.” …
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