By Roland Worth, Jr. When William Barclay wrote his discussion of The Apostles’ Creed for Everyman (Harper & Row, Publishers, New York: 1967), he attempted a rationale for the existence of creeds. He came up with three arguments: “1. A creed is essential to define the faith, The Christian must be able to state what he …
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God Communicates
By Bruce Edwards, Jr. “Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say to them, the God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?” (Ex. 3:13). There is something very remarkable and significant about the Lord’s answer …
Centralization in South Africa
By Paul K. Williams The progress of institutionalism and centralization in the Church of Christ in South Africa is, as in America, many faceted. In 1963, when the Turffontein (Johannesburg) church precipitated the split by sending out letters of “withdrawal” labeling Gene Tope and Ray Votaw as Bowers of division, the liberals managed to make the …
High School Marriages
By James W Adams One of the manias of modern society is the craze to have too much too soon. The old virtue of waiting and working to obtain is exactly what we called it “an old (obsolete) virtue.” Precocious youth wants a hot-rod when it ought to be pedaling a “bike,” a boy friend.. when …