By L.A. Stauffer When I began preaching in the late ’50s, what we commonly call “immodest apparel” was worn only by Weak and indifferent members of the church. Women who seldom attended Bible classes and only assembled once or twice a month had few scruples against wearing shorts, halters, one-piece swim suits, low cut dresses, skin …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Hypocrisy
By Mark Mayberry Hypocrisy is an unpleasant word that signals an empty and shallow life. A hypocrite is defined by Webster as “a person who pretends to be what he is not; one who pretends to be better than he really is, or to be pious, virtuous, etc., without really being so.”(1) The English word “hypocrisy” is …
A Review of the Sutton-Meredith Debate
By Ray Madrigal On September 4-5, 7-8, 1989 a religious debate was held in Paducah, Kentucky and in Metropolis, Illinois on the benevolent institutions issue. Plans for such a discussion in the Western Kentucky-Southern Illinois area began in 1987 as the result of several personal studies I conducted with brother Floyd Wiley, a retired preacher among …
Education By Association
By Irvin Himmel He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed (Prov. 13:20). Man is a social creature strongly influenced by the thinking, speech, and actions of other people. We have a measure of power over one another. No one can dispossess himself of this influence, but …