Unity in the Local Church

By Roy E. Cogdill “Unity” primarily concerns the relationship of the members of a local church one with another. Unity on any other level or upon any other basis without this is unimportant and does not conform to heaven’s will. Unity in the congregational relationship is an individual obligation and grows out of the very nature …

Jesus Only Doctrine The Persons of the Godhead

By Cecil Willis We have been studying the nature of the Godhead. That is, does the Godhead consist of one person, Jesus, or is it comprised of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Already we have studied a good number of Scriptures on the subject. And were it not for the interest there seems to be …

The Beatitudes Blessed Are They That Mourn

By Keith Sharp We have a saying, “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; cry, and you cry alone.” Yet, here, in a striking paradox, the Master declared that those who are truly happy are those who mourn. Which mourners are comforted? How shall they be comforted? Mourn The term which is here translated “mourn” . …

Simplicity of the Gospel

By Dennis C. Abernathy “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve, through, his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted front the simplicity that is in Christ” (2 Cor. 11:3). The New American Standard Version has “the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.” The apostle Paul’s fear here was that …