By Polly Phillips When brother Mike Willis asked me to write an article as a tribute to my husband Elwood, my mind went back many years ago when I met H.E. Phillips (known as Elwood). We were in high school and I had a class in English with the same teacher that he had for a …
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H. E. Phillips: The Preacher
By Ron Halbrook “We are determined to teach the pure gospel as it is taught in the New Testament, nothing more and nothing less. . . . We have no policy but to be scriptural, fair, sincere, and faithful in our work” (Searching the Scriptures, Jan. 1960, p. 2). This aim expressed by H.E. Phillips and …
H.E. Phillips: Committed to the Book
By Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. When man begins to leave the foundation of faith and adds to what God has revealed, there is no stopping place short of complete apostasy” (“The Spirit of Christmas,” Searching the Scriptures, Jan. 1964). These words, from the pen of H.E. Phillips, aptly express his attitude toward God’s complete and authoritative …
Where We Are and Where We Are Going
By H.E. Phillips Brother Willis asked me to write something on the subject: Where We Are and Where We Are Going as it respects the church. I told him I would do the best I could. I am sure some will not view the present condition of the church and its future as I do, but …