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 …
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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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The Threat of the Enabler
By Jimmy Tuten Few is the number of those who have not seen firsthand the potential danger of the Enabler. While their fruit is apparent, some may not have recognized its source. In this treatise an attempt to identify both the Enabler and his work will be carried out with the prayer that it will help …