By Harry R. Osborne In every generation, there is an attempt to justify a “broader fellowship” to include those preaching and practicing some sin or doctrinal error. The attempt to justify such invariably includes Romans 14. The advocate of a “broader fellowship” notes the apostle’s instructions to “receive” the one with whom we have a difference …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
The Law Is Good
By Mike Willis In 1 Timothy 1:8, Paul wrote, “But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully.” With all of the recent writings about “law,” one could get the impression that law is bad. Those in the grace-unity movement have emphasized that the New Testament is a series of love …
Speaking The Truth In Love
By Ronny E. Hinds Having and knowing the truth on any issue is not sufficient. We must speak the truth out of a disposition of love for the one being taught. Every elder, preacher, teacher and member must understand and be warned by this. Why? Because the Scriptures teach it. Paul’s God-inspired statement to the Christians …
Humility and Understanding
By Larry Ray Hafley A false piety often emerges when men speak of the mysteries of God in hushed tones. They plumb the depths of a doctrine and, finding no bottom, they declare that it is an enigma, a mystery, one of God’s secret things (Deut. 29:29). Now, these people have a doctrine, an opinion, which …