By Warren E. Berkley As a young man, I cherished visions of being a preacher. I didn’t think it would ever happen, but there were times when I would envision myself as a preacher. From my father’s library, I often opened the Harris Dark book of sermons, God Hath Spoken. I would lay on my bed …
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The Sin of Denominationalism
By H. Leo Boles Nothing is taught more clearly and emphatically in the New Testament than that Christians, disciples of Christ, should be united. Jesus, before he established his church, prayed that his disciples should be one. “And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even …
Being Right (1)
By Jady W. Copeland In our former article we noted that being “right” with God is being righteous, and one can only be righteous if God pronounces him righteous. This is promised if one by faith accepts the terms offered by Christ for his salvation. Being “right” implies a standard of judgment of right and wrong, …
History and Background of the Institutional Controversy (3)
By Steve Wolfgang The Yellow Tag of Quarantine Although discussions of these issues would persist and churches would continue to divide for at least another decade, by 1954 the editor of the Gospel Advocate was quite willing to entertain a motion that the “yellow tag of quarantine” (the stigma of which probably cannot be realized except …
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