By Dickey Howard During the 50s the Lord’s church divided over institutionalism, and there was a clear line drawn between truth and error. Many of God’s people stood for the truth, and continue not to support institutionalism, but one battle does not win the war. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Giving Christ a Face Lift
By Lowell Blasingame “In The News,” a column in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, (9/30/97), reported that Brazil’s leading religious artist, Claudia Pastro, had accepted the Vatican’s invitation to give Christ a “face lift” for the third millennium and that he plans to design an “evangelizing, dynamic Christ” as opposed to a “suffering, despairing Savior” and to give …
“Dry Baptism”
By Shane Carrington Baptism involving absolutely no water! At least that is the claim. “Dry baptism” supposedly describes the process through which people become Christians. God does teach baptism “in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38), but does this baptism include no water? Let’s examine this waterless (dry) baptism idea; …
All Christians Are Bible Fellows
By Johnie Edwards The Bible often refers to the Lord’s people by the term “fellow,” including the preacher! Instead of thinking of the preacher as the hire of the church, we need to think of the gospel preacher as a Bible fellow. Fellow Citizens Paul referred to Christians at Ephesus as fellow citizens. “Now therefore ye …