By Johnny Stringer The Parable of the Tares (Matthew 13:24-30) is one of the most perverted and misapplied passages of God’s word. Brethren err in applying this passage to out treatment of erring brethren. Some brethren tell us that since the householder commands his servants to let the tares (the wicked) and the wheat (the righteous) …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Life in Outer Space and the Bible?
By James W. Rury To one who is curious about the miracle of nature each spring and who wonders about the perpetual wagging of a dog’s tail, it is natural that he also be intrigued by the mysteries of history. The pyramids of Egypt, the knowledge the Babylonians had of astronomy, the mathematic accomplishments of the …
Self-Contradictory
By Mike Willis The first time that I heard a review of situation ethics, was amused at the apparent self-contradiction which lay in its premises. The first universal law of situation ethics is that there are no universal laws! Being self-contradictory, the system falls. Similarly, I cannot help being a little amused when I read Carl …
THINGS WRITTEN AFORETIME
By Joe Neil Clayton Chosen But Stiffnecked When Stephen told the Jews of his day that they were “stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears” (Acts 7:51), he was not saying anything new! God had perceived early that this was the perennial condition of His “chosen” people. Only a few days after God had spoken in …