By Larry Ray Hafley QUESTION: From Texas: “It is agreed that Christians should marry Christians, but does `only in the Lord’ in 1 Cor. 7:39 mean only a Christian?” REPLY: “The wife is bound by the law as long. as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Spiritual Critics
By William C. Sexton There seems to be a great need in the Lord’s church today for “Spiritual Critics.” There are many critics of the destructive type, who seem to have something of the negative nature to say about a lot of people. But they usually show a deficiency in spirituality, lacking the qualities which would …
The Nature of Man
By Mike Willis Socrates’ challenge to “Know thyself!” is as applicable to modern man as it was – to the men of his day. Sometimes in our attention to our own internal problems, we neglect some of the basic doctrines in the Scriptures, such as the Bible doctrine of man. Yet, one’s view of himself is …
Almost is Not Enough
By Donald P Ames Perhaps the saddest words ever sung are, “Sad, sad, that bitter wail-`Almost-but lost!” To think that one can be interested, perhaps even striving as hard as he is able, to get so close, and then to lose out completely. The Bible is full of such characters, those who almost gained the prize. …