By Bill Cavender “The doctrine that pleasure is the sole or chief good in life and that moral duty is fulfilled in the gratification of pleasure-seeking instincts and dispositions; living for pleasure” (Webster). Hedone: “Pleasure, is used of the gratification of the natural desire or sinful desires” (W. E. Vine, Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words). …
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Without Benefit of Clergy
By Ron Halbrook For the Truth’s Sake, baptized believers must be active in Christ’s kingdom. Each Christian must run the race so that he may obtain God’s approval (1 Cor. 9:24). Each must “endure hardness, as a good soldier of Christ” (2 Tim. 2:3). Christians join in offering “up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus …
Abiding in the Truth
By Ernest Udom (Brother Ernest Udom sent this article to me, requesting that I help him publish it. Brother Udom attended classes taught by brother Billy Moore, when brother Moore visited Nigeria. Brother Udom has sent me a letter of recommendation from brother E. J. Ebong. Brother Udom’s article speaks well for his soundness in the …
Reflections on the Daily News
By Lewis Willis Since childhood I have heard tales of little green men, flying in exotic saucer-shaped vehicles, who have landed at random on the earth. They have “captured” some earth-people, spirited them into their spacecraft, scared the daylights out of them and let them go to tell a trembling world of its impending doom at …