By Mike Willis In the December installment of “The Word Abused,” Leroy Garrett considered 1 Jn. 1:7. As usual, he was trying to disarm another weapon which is used to counteract the influence of false teachers. Apparently, the editor of Restoration Review knows of only one evil which is serious enough to call for all-out war—-that …
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The Willis-Jenkins Debate
By John Mc Cort In September of 1974 Cecil Willis and Jesse Jenkins met in Houston, Texas for a four night debate on the college question. It was announced during the debate that the discussion would be published. My wife was given the job of transcribing the debate. She began the actual transcription process in November …
The Righteousness of the Kingdom of Heaven
By Keith Sharp Righteousness “. . is the character or quality of being right or just. . . “1 It “. . . consists in perfect conformity with God’s holy law, that is, with his will.”2 Thus, one is righteous who is “right according to the law,” either because he has never violated the law or …
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The Hebrews’ Excuses
By Thomas Icard At the time the book of Hebrews was written the church was being persecuted. Christianity was not the most popular religion of the day. The Jewish Sanhedrin was one of the great persecutions of the Lord’s church beginning with the arrest of Peter and John in Acts 4 and continuing still at the …