By Andy Alexander When we are obedient to the first principles of the gospel of Christ, we are added by Christ to his body (Acts 2:37-47). This puts us into a saved relationship and to maintain this relationship we must continue or abide in the teaching of Christ (Jn. 8:3 1; 2 Jn. 9). We may …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Examining Institutional Religion
By Clinton D. Hamilton Introduction Among the people of God, there appears to be a tendency to swing from one extreme to another. Even in the New Testament times, there were those who were moving away from truth to error (Gal. 1:6,7; 5:1-4). There is also the tendency in some brethren to become obsessed with one …
“Don’t Follow Me — I’m Lost Too!”
By Calvin R. Schlabach You’ve probably seen the same bumper sticker on cars that I have. “Don’t follow me, ” it says, “I’m lost, too!” Certainly, the way some people drive, their cars ought to have some kind of warning posted, but that particular bumper sticker caught my attention the other day. It occurred to me …
Examining the Local Church
By C.G. “Colly” Caldwell Charles Holt’s editorial in the May 1988 issue of The Examiner was entitled “What Do We Do If There Is No Local Church Institution?” The opening sentence says, “Over and over in this paper I have pointed out that there is actually no ‘church’ (of any kind) in God’s word.” Brother Holt …