By Bobby Witherington With the exception of the so-called “Christian Scientists” and the Quakers, virtually every religious denomination requires something they call “baptism” in order for a person to become a member thereof. I say “something they call ‘baptism’” because the word “baptism” (Gk. baptisma) is defined as “the process of immersion, submersion, and emergence” …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Are You More Than What You Have Become?
By Richard Boone A few months ago I was watching Walt Disney’s Lion King one night with my two daughters. In this movie the main character, Simba, is searching for his identity and place in the “circle of life” as the future king of his pride. In one scene he makes contact with his dead …
Public Reading Of The Scriptures
By Donnie V. Rader I’m not sure that the public reading of the Scriptures is given the place that it had in Bible times. I wonder if it is not minimized in the mind of some today as one of the less important things we do as we assemble. Some may think that those who …
One, Yet Three
By Paul K. Williams Some of the Pentecostal groups teach error concerning the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They teach that there is only one person in the Godhead, and that his name is Jesus. They refuse to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, but baptize …