“Do You Dress Like A ‘Harlot’?”

By Thomas C. Hickey Bible students will recognize the question as a takeoff from the words of Proverbs 7:10, a passage which warns against the wiles of the immoral person who seeks to seduce another into the destruction of his soul. We now quote the entire passage: Proverbs 7:6-27 6 For at the window of my …

“A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break. . .”

By Mike Cox Isaiah 42:3 With divine foresight, Isaiah foretold of the “servant” who was to come, Jesus. Of Him he said, “A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoldering flax shall he not quench . . . … What was then a somewhat obscure glimpse, would later become more clearly understood, for he …

What Was “The Church In Their House”?

By Robert F. Turner In his book, How Christianity Grows in the City, Alvin Jennings says the first century saints of a city met for worship in small “house churches,” and all such churches of a city were under one group of elders. If this plan is followed he says, “The church, the treasury and elders …