Luke 2:1-2 In the News

By Olen Holderby Many readers of the GOT will recognize that this passage has often been attacked by critics of Bible accuracy. Just recently such a critic, attacking one of my articles in the local newspaper, said, “There was never a worldwide census under Augustus Caesar”; and, he further argues that Cyrenius (Quirinus) was not governor …

Memories Of Mighty Men In Mingo County, West Virginia

By Ron Halbrook Surveying the great amount of work to be done and the scarcity of laborers everywhere, Jesus said, “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest” (Matt. 9:37-38). Surveying the faithful work done by departed …

The Cruciform Church (1) A Study in Non Sequiturs

By Tom M. Roberts Cruciform: “Shaped or arranged in a cross.” Non sequitur: “The fallacy of irrelevant conclusion; an inference that does not follow from the premises.” Most of us are aware of the danger of drawing unwarranted conclusions from faulty premises. If Newton had inferred that the sky was falling because an apple dropped on …