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, …
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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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Great Men Are Not Always Wise
By Bill Dodd The young man Elihu rightly asserts that great men (men of renown) and aged men are not always wise (Job 32:9). That charge was so in that ancient time, and that charge is still true today. Some Applications First, great men of the world, for the most part, are not wise when it …
Too Much Emphasis On the Church?
By Jimmy Tuten As we view the unusual things that are taking place in the Lord’s church, we are apt to conclude that they are new features. The fact is that the various phenomena have been around a long, long time. The numerous denominational trends that are popping up among God’s people can be traced back …