Making Preachers Rich: An Except From Moses Lard

  EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1863, Moses E. Lard, one of the “second generation” Restoration Leaders wrote a tribute at the death of Allen Wright, another preacher of that era. Lard said “the Churches always managed to keep Brother Wright poor, very poor.” From this point Lard gave a “sermon” to the readers of his Quarterly. …

Facts About The New Testament Church

By Jimmy Tuten, Jr. There is in existence today a sacred institution purchased at the cost of the blood of Christ. That institution is the church. We dare not treat it lightly nor cast contempt upon it. The church has existed for nineteen hundred years and has grown remarkably in the past decade or so. If …

The Word Abused: ‘Living in Adultery’: Second Time Around

By Mike Willis In the January issue of Restoration Review, editor Leroy Garrett again attempted to prove that a divorce which occurs for an unscriptural reason does not prohibit remarriage in the sight of God. The first part of this January article was filled with testimony from members of the Lord’s church who were divorced for …

The Beatitudes

By Keith Sharp “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy” (Matt. 5:7). Our federal government has a policy of granting American citizenship to those aliens who meet lawfully stipulated requirements. But, even though a former alien has become a naturalized citizen, he can forfeit the privileges of citizenship in our Republic by failure to …