By Steve Kearney The Scriptures forthrightly teach that Mary is the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. “And the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus’” (Lk. 1:30-31). It …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
From Heaven Or From Men
By Clinton D. Hamilton Question: In view of all religious division, how can we attain and maintain unity upon the “one faith”? Why is true unity so difficult? Reply: The “one faith” is the body of truth once and for all revealed (Jude 3) and is the faith Paul mentioned in Galatians 3:23. Unity is attained …
“Footnotes”
By Steve Wolfgang Footnote: “None Are So Blind As Those Who Will Not See,” Gospel Advocate, XX (January 3, 1878), 6-7. Upon reading about a Chinese mother who disfigured the feet of her little girl, Justus M. Barnes, a pioneer preacher in Alabama, wrote: “I know a clever, good girl, who has driven the color from …
Shinto: “The Way of the Gods”
By Tom Hamilton Shinto is not a religious system in the usual sense that we tend to think of. It has no founder, no sacred scriptures (such as the Bible or the Koran), and no organization. From a biblical perspective, it has no system of ethical or moral instruction, no absolute right or wrong, no concept …