Either There Is a Pattern, or There Is Not!

By Ron Halbrook The only sure and safe way to avoid all forms of religious idolatry is to follow the New Testament pattern of faith and practice. Unity blesses those who adhere to that standard. Naturally, they will be separated from all who act upon some other principle. The Holy Spirit admonished first-century Christians to hold …

Great Hoax Tacitly Admitted

By James W. Adams Probably the great hoax perpetrated in the religious world during the nineteenth century was the imposition of the “Book of Mormon” on the American public. The book first appeared for sale and distribution in the bookstore of printer, E.B. Grandin in Palmyra, New York, on March 26, 1830. It was entitled: “The …

History of the Present Digression

By H.E. Phillips The characteristics of the digression among the churches of Christ go back to the days of the apostles when “the mystery of iniquity doth already work. . .” (2 Thess. 2:7) and predictions were made of departures from the faith (1 Tim. 4:1-3). Through the centuries that followed the completion of the New …