By Cecil Willis Brother W. W. Otey told me once that in seventy years of gospel preaching, he had never preached a sermon with which he was completely pleased one hour afterward. He could always think of some things that he should have said, but that had been left out. Or, he could think of some …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Is Regeneration a Miracle?
By James E. Cooper Those who defend miraculous healing for today often insist that regeneration is a miracle. A. J. Gordon quotes with approval another man who said, “You ask God to perform a real miracle when you ask Him to cure your soul of sin as you do when you ask Him to cure …
The Churchgoer (1851)
By Fred C. Melton Our British brethren, for the most part, have a traditionally strong aversion to what they refer to as the “one man ministry” or the clergy system and it must be said with all due respect that they come by it honestly. The slightest hint of a class system, especially in religion, many …
The Bahai Faith or the Ninth Messiah
By Ronald D. Howes 1844 was a banner year for imagination, speculation, and false prophets. William Miller’s day in court, or night on the roof top, came and went only to be upstaged by the daring enterprise of Ellen G. White of Seventh-Day Adventist fame. New religions were springing up with reckless abandon in the United …