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 …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
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 …
Attitudes Promoting Digression
By Hayse Reneau It is disturbing to see and to contemplate the rapid digression of churches who claim to be of Christ. Beginning with small steps it quickly moved by leaps and bounds from the fifties through the eighties, leaving in its wake a torn and bleeding brotherhood. Several years before the division-causing innovations were introduced …