By Larry Ray Hafley I. Introduction: A. Fifty years ago, a prominent preacher warned: “The ship of Zion has floundered more than once on the sand-bar of institutionalism. The tendency to organize is characteristic of the age. This writer has ever been unable to appreciate the logic of those who affect to see grave danger in …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Paul, the “Anti”
By Hoyt H. Houchen “Anti” is a very common term in the vocabulary of brethren who are “on the march” and who resent having any of their practices called in question. They attach the term “anti” to those of us who oppose such promotions as the sponsoring church type of cooperation, the church support of human …
Eating and Drinking in the Church Building
By Luther Blackmon (1907-1977) A church bulletin came to my hands the other day that carried the following short article: The Drinking Fountain Many meeting houses now contain drinking fountains in the basement or somewhere in the building. What is the difference in principle in drinking in the basement of the meeting house and in bringing …
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Condemned by Paul, Alluded to by Peter, Described by Jude “Love Feasts”
By Luther W. Martin The “Last Supper” was the occasion of Christ’s last observance of the Jewish Passover. For the biblical record of the institution of the Passover, see Exodus 12. After the destruction of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), the Passover Supper continued to be observed privately in their homes, by Jews who rejected Christ. At the …
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