By Weldon E. Warnock Question: Why is it wrong to help widows and orphans by taking money from the church treasury? Answer: To my knowledge there is nobody who opposes helping widows and orphans from the church treasury, providing they come within the scope of the church’s responsibility. The church is not obligated to help, financially, …
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Wrong: Gospel-Wise – Grammar-Wise!
By C.D. Plum I. Antecedents What is an antecedent? An antecedent is a word (noun or pronoun) for which another pronoun stands. II. Illustrations (1) James 1:26-27: “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before …
“The Issues Before Us” as Seen by Foy E. Wallace, Jr.
By Foy E. Wallace, Jr. (When the Gospel Guardian began in 1949, Foy E. Wallace, Jr. surveyed “The Issues Before Us” in two articles. Excerpts are given here from those articles which originally appeared in the Gospel Guardian for 5 and 19 May 1949, pp. 3 and 2-3.) The issues confronting the church today are neither …
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Apostolic Examples Are Binding
By Robert C. Welch The apostolic examples are to be observed by men today just as in the day when first given. Denominations, digressive people of all kinds, and the human institutional and sponsoring church brethren in particular, attempt to deny the force of such examples. The reason for this is that they do not want …