By Steve Wolfgang Footnote: “None Are So Blind As Those Who Will Not See,” Gospel Advocate, XX (January 3, 1878), 6-7. Upon reading about a Chinese mother who disfigured the feet of her little girl, Justus M. Barnes, a pioneer preacher in Alabama, wrote: “I know a clever, good girl, who has driven the color from …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Shinto: “The Way of the Gods”
By Tom Hamilton Shinto is not a religious system in the usual sense that we tend to think of. It has no founder, no sacred scriptures (such as the Bible or the Koran), and no organization. From a biblical perspective, it has no system of ethical or moral instruction, no absolute right or wrong, no concept …
Practice and Profession
By James W. Adams In a small city where I used to live and work, there was a stately old church building on the outskirts of the downtown area which had been for many years the meeting house of the “First Christian Church.” On a marble plaque imbedded in its cornerstone was, among other things, the …
Spiritual Salesman?
By Ken McLemore The story is told, possibly of brother J.D. Tant, that some years ago when he had returned home from an extended gospel meeting a brother asked the preacher’s evaluation of the meeting. Brother Tant is said to have replied that it was one of the best meetings he had conducted all year, to …