By Jimmy Tuten Near Kentucky Lake a few years back, a thin, elderly man was cautiously pulling his bass boat behind a well-used pickup truck. Suddenly there appeared behind him one of Detroit’s latest with a young driver eager to show its capabilities. The fishing rig was moving too slowly and holding up traffic. So in …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
The History Of Infant Baptism
By Luther W. Martin “Baptism was administered at first only to adults, as men were accustomed to conceive baptism and faith as strictly connected. We have all reason for not deriving infant baptism from apostolic institution, and the recognition of it which followed somewhat later, as an apostolic tradition, serves to confirm this hypothesis. Irenaeus is …
In Praise Of The Forgotten Member: The Preacher’s Wife
By Harland R. Huntoon It is Sunday night in early January about ten p.m. Services have long been over and the auditorium is empty except for four women talking softly on the back rows. Two young children sit sleepily a few rows up. Presently, a side door opens and four men come out of a classroom. …
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(Matthew 5:17-20) Jesus And The Law
By Johnny Stringer Jesus did not want men to think that he was in conflict with the Law of Moses and the Old Testament prophets. In the Sermon on the Mount he corrected that idea and taught men to respect the Law. In fact, he said that whether or not one respected the Law had a …