By Dick Blackford No fireworks! No Elvis impersonators! No antique car shows! No gimmicks! All of these have been sponsored by churches in our area, but the church of Christ at 516 Rocky Point Road just wants to be a church after the New Testament order. All we offer is the gospel, without addition or subtraction. …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
An Exchange on Romans 14 Receiving Those “Weak in the Faith”
Dear Brother Paul, Greetings from the Roman saints, brother Paul. We have carefully read your epistle to us and have appreciated it greatly. For the most part, we have understood it and have been encouraged by all of it. However, there is one section about which some question has arisen. We are disagreed about …
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The Voice of the People
By Irvin Himmel King Saul was sent by the Lord to utterly destroy the Amalekites in 1 Samuel 15. He was told plainly to “go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.” The haughty …
The Good Samaritan
By Ron Halbrook During his personal ministry, Jesus had many debates in an ongoing battle between truth and error. A religious lawyer once tried to trap him by asking, “Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (Luke 10:25-37). Jesus answered the question by asking, “What is written in the law? How readest thou?” The …