By Leslie Diestelkamp Visiting the sick has certainly been described as a proper quality for a follower of Christ. It is proper and right that every Christian, including the preacher, should do this good work. However, Jesus did not mean that every time some sister has a headache the preacher must go to console her. Neither …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Pages From the Past: Can a Good Man Be Saved Without Baptism?
By James A. Allen Sometimes when a well known and prominent man dies, especially if he was wealthy, the newspapers carry the announcement: “A Christian Has Gone to His Reward.” Where as, as a matter of fact, the man was not a member of the church of the Lord, spoken of in the Bible, but was …
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What Is an Anti?
By Morris W. R. Bailey As the problems of church cooperation that confront a troubled brotherhood are being discussed today, it is regrettable that we often see and hear those who favor certain enterprises resort to name calling and the hurling of imputations which, in effect, amount to a misrepresentation of the views and beliefs of …
Editorial: Roy Key Bids Us Farewell
By Gordon J. Pennock Among the most forlorn words ever written are these from the pen of the beloved John: “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us” (1 John 2:19). With these words he recorded the apostasy of some …