By John McCort The tendency of people to form cliques and elite confederations is universal in its scope and has spanned the ages since the beginning of the world. The . church has not escaped this universally cancerous flaw in the characters of men. Spiritual conceit is a major cause of strife and alienation in the …
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Does Every Person Have a Right to His Own Belief ?
By Cecil Willis Of course, we are concerned only with the religious implications of this question. We know that it is our lot to live in a generation that finds the masses sadly divided in religious matters. It seems that many people are ready to take this state of religious division all too lightly. We seem …
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THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION
By Larry Ray Hafley QUESTION: From Kentucky: “Was the jailer in Philippi asking for physical or spiritual salvation?” REPLY: The Context: Acts 16:9-40 Paul met with success in Philippi. He also faced great opposition and persecution. “We. . . suffered. . . and were shamefully entreated at Philippi” (1 Thess. 2:2). Public attention was called to the …
Removing a Few “Nails” from the Restoration Door
By Ron Halbrook and Steve Wolfgang Mission Magazine (Box 2822, Abilene, Texas 79604) has been thrashing around in search of a new basis of unity since its beginning in 1967. From the start, it has been certain of but one thing: the approach of restoring the New Testament standard as the basis of unity is anathema. In …
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