By Jeffery Kingry “The art of life is to focus on difficulties and deal with them as best one can, without making psychological problems out of them that then lead to nightmares. We could also say that the art is to maintain a sense of proportion in our lives. But we can keep a sense of …
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The Bus Ministry: Miscellaneous Objections
By Mike Willis Numbers For Number’s Sake One of the charges which I have made against the bus ministry is that it places an inordinate emphasis on numbers. During the reading of the literature on the subject, I have become even more convinced than ever that this is true. I base this charge on the following …
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A Family Circle Series: Tragedy in the Home
By Leslie Diestellcamp Sooner or later, and sometimes repeatedly, tragedy must come to every family circle. The attitudes that prevail then-under the stress and the emotional impact of emergency conditions-may vary well determine the course of the future for many and even the eternal destiny of all who are concerned and involved. Of course there are …
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Is it Scriptural for a Local Church to Have an Eldership?
By Irvin Himmel Reuel Lemmons submitted the following in an editorial in the Firm Foundation, Aug. 2, 1977: “We have developed an ‘eldership.’ There were elders in the New Testament church but where do we find an ‘eldership’? . . .The average reader will be astonished to learn that you cannot find the term ‘eldership’ In …
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