By Garreth L. Clair In this article our attention is directed to two figures of speech used to describe the church. The first to be discussed is the “building” analogy found in 1 Corinthians 12:12-27. The New Testament contains a number of figures by which the church of Christ is described, each figure used describing at …
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By Roger Shouse Each generation of Christians faces challenging problems that they must identify and overcome in order to make a noticeable impact in the lives that they touch. The 1980’s are no different. The obstacles in our path toward heaven today are not the same as brethren faced in the 1960’s. In the course of …
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By J.F. Dancer, Jr. A reader in Tennessee requested that I comment on the question of saints of God making contributions into a community fund usually designated as “The United Way,” “The United Fund,” “Community Chest,” etc. I don’t know what it is called in Grenada (if we have such). The comments I will make will …
By Aude McKee Introduction I. Review of past lessons. A. We have studied the origin of the Lord’s church. It had its beginning on the day of Pentecost, in Jerusalem, in the 33rd year following the birth of Christ. The record of that beginning is found in Acts 2. B. In the last lesson we observed …
