By Luther W. Martin From the Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. X, page 657, we copy as follows: Musical Instruments in Church Services. For almost a thousand years Gregorian chant; without any instrumental or harmonic addition, was the only music used in connexion with the liturgy. The organ, in its primitive and rude form, was the first, and …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Thank God For Strength Received Through Our Brethren!
By Ron Halbrook I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now: being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it …
Continue reading “Thank God For Strength Received Through Our Brethren!”
Personal Observations On The Nashville Meeting
By Mike Willis On 1-3 December 1988, brethren met in Nashville, Tennessee to discuss issues which have divided us. Above 500 brethren were in attendance at most sessions, with the session on Friday night having over 700 present, according to estimates which I received. The audience was heavily weighted with non-institutional brethren outnumbering institutional brethren from …
Continue reading “Personal Observations On The Nashville Meeting”
Essentials Of A Sermon
By Ken Weliever “I have tried to examine in the New Testament, and in the Old Testament, the great preaching of both the prophets of the Old and the apostles and evangelists of the New. And if I am asked to condense into words the essentials of a sermon, I do it with these three: Truth, …