By Hoyt H. Houchen The above question is often asked by members of the church. Those who are sound in the faith will ponder upon this question, not from the standpoint of numbers alone, but as to what will make the church grow spiritually what will make a strong church, one that will be pleasing in …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
A Christian’s View of Death
By Mike Willis We grimly face the reality of death. One who has died has “gone the way of all the earth”; the “silver cord” is loosed; the “golden bowl” is broken, the “pitcher” is broken at the fountain, the “wheel” is broken at the cistern, “the dust” has returned to the earth as it was …
Go, And Sin No More
By David E. Dicus In John 8 the writer records an incident regarding adultery that has many of the aspects of a controversy that is disturbing the brotherhood today. While John’s record dealt with the question of what punishment should be applied under Moses’ law (see Lev. 20), some brethren today are more concerned with ways …
“Carnal Tactics”
By Bill H. Reeves The warfare between truth and error is between Christ and Satan (Rev. 17:14). Involved is the “wisdom that is from above” and the wisdom that “is earthly, sensual, devilish” (Jas. 3:15). False teachers and false brethren (2 Pet. 2:1; 2 Cor. 11:26) employ the carnal tactics of human wisdom in their opposition …
