By Terry W. Benton All men would like to be happy. The problem is that we are not quite sure what happiness is. At times we feel better than at other times. There are times when we feel great. But, even then we are not quite sure if this is all there is to happiness. It …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Land Before Time
By Johnie Edwards There is a movie entitled “Land Before Time” and all sorts of gadgets to sell folks, especially our young people, on the theory, that there was a creation of life, even billions of years before the days of Adam and Eve in the Genesis account of Genesis 1. Such reasoning comes from thinking …
An Inquiry Into Baptism (2)
By Jefferson David Tant The Testimony of Historians “It is without controversy, that baptism in the primitive church was administered by immersion into water, and not by sprinkling; seeing that John is said to have baptized in Jordan, and where there was much water, as Christ also did by his disciples in the neighborhood of these …
The Speaking Spirit
By Barney L. Keith A cardinal point of emphasis concerning the Holy Spirit is that he speaks. There are at least two reasons for stressing this fact. (1) Many conceive of the Holy Spirit as an “It” which produces certain feelings or exhilarating sensations that are said to be “better felt than told.” From this misconception …