By Donald P. Ames Acts 3 records the account of a man who was born lame. He had to be carried daily to the gate of the city to beg alms from those passing by. I am sure if his life’s survival depended on his alms gathering (and from the text it indeed seemed to), he …
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The Mountain of the Lord
By Connie W. Adams From the picture of Jerusalem which had become a harlot and the lodging place of murderers (Isa. 1:21), the prophet Isaiah turns to the brighter prospect of the ideal Jerusalem, or Zion where his government will be respected by “many people” who would “flow unto it” (Isa. 2:2-3) and where peace would …
Editorial Left-overs: Apology to Christian Church
By Connie W. Adams At the Nashville Jubilee this summer, Rubel Shelly read a statement in which he apologized to the Christian Church for the division over the instrument of music in worship. Simultaneously, that statement was read before a convention of the Christian Church and received with great celebration. Division was caused congregation by congregation …
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One Covenant and New Hermeneutics
By Frank Jamerson If the priesthood did not change and Christ did not give a new covenant, how are we going to look to the New Testament as a pattern for our worship, organization, or work? This theory is indeed the “new hermeneutics” in different attire, and like any other rejection of New Testament authority will …