By Larry Ray Hafley From Missouri: A sister in Christ has written asking several questions. We shall take up each one and comment separately. Actually, her first question is the heart of her queries. 1. ADo you believe it is a sin to drink a glass of wine?” If the wine is what is presently known …
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Answering Cecil’s Charges
By Lindy McDaniel In the May 23rd issue of Truth Magazine, Brother Cecil Willis featured me in an editorial stating that I teach “pernicious error.” The grounds for the accusation is that I teach that a child of God can constantly stand in the grace of God. Cecil attacks this view as being the equivalent to …
“Called to Be Saints”
By John McCort Many of our religious friends believe in the doctrine of “irresistible grace.” Briefly, this doctrine states, 1.. God predestines or unconditionally selects certain individuals to be saved and certain individuals to be lost. 2. Those chosen unto salvation God calls through the Holy Spirit. 3. The Holy Spirit opens the heart of the …
Rejoice in the Lord
By Norman E. Sewell In almost every congregation of God’s people there are some who have the strangest attitude imaginable, for one who claims to be a child of God. He shows this attitude in his lack of diligence in attendance, as well as the fact that he never shares with another the story of salvation …