By Larry Ray Hafley Question: From Mexico: “Would you please comment on the following argument? If baptism is pouring out’ when the Spirit is the element (Acts 2:4, 17), then, baptism is pouring out” when water is the element.” Reply: This argument is fallacious because it rests upon the assumption that “pouring out” is baptism. It …
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Excuses for Sexual Immorality
By Roland Worth, Jr. There is nothing in the world that an excuse cannot be invented to defend. So it is not surprising that in our world of casual morals that there are a number of excuses made for ignoring the plain statements of Scripture. In some cases a little common sense will explode the argument; …
Guard Your Tongue!
By Ron Halbrook For the truth’s sake, we need to guard the tongue. “It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison” (Jas. 3:8). Every power for good is also a power for evil when misused. And, the tongue is a great power, either way it is used. “Behold, how great a matter a little fire …
So You are Satisfied with Your Baptism!
By Irvin Himmel `Most denominations teach and administer some kind of an act which they call baptism. In some cases, the truth is set forth about the action of baptism but not about its design. Some do not follow the New Testament regarding either the action or design. A lot of folks have submitted to denominational …