Sermon on the Mount:Ye are the Salt of the Earth

By Keith Sharp Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thence forth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men (Matt. 5:13). The theme of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7) …

Reflections on the Daily News

By Lewis Willis DALLAS (AP)-The Texas Legislature should legalize prostitution, according to the opinion of the congregation of the Richardson Unitarian Church. Herb Croner, chairman of the church’s Social Action Committee, told newsmen Wednesday that the legislature should make provisions for legalized and controlled prostitution which would make exploitation of the profession by criminal elements impossible. …

Unity (VII): Ecumenical Councils: Renaissance Councils (1400-1520)

By Ron Halbrook Major Contribution or Characteristic in Approach to Unity: During the period of the Renaissance Councils, neither popes nor secular rulers were the center of unity; the councils themselves claimed greater power. In various kinds of quarrels, the popes had weakened their position and created division. In the early 1400’s, three different men claimed …

Handling Aright the Word of Truth (XI)

By Morris W. R. Bailey In this series of articles on handling aright the word of truth, I have laid considerable emphasis on the importance of recognizing distinctions that must be made in various areas. Those that have been discussed thus far are, for the most part, distinctions that have been either ignored or overlooked by …