There Always Will Be Issues Facing the Church

By Mike Willis The second half of the book of Revelation opens with a scene in which a woman gives birth to a child, obviously the Lord Jesus. A great red dragon, identified as “that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan” (Rev. 12:9), tried to destroy the child. When he failed to destroy the child, …

The Issues Forty Years Ago

By Cecil Willis Truth Magazine was born in October 1956. Hence it now is forty years old. It merged with the influential Gospel Guardian in 1981 to become Guardian of Truth. Truth Magazine was founded by Bryan Vinson, Jr., Leslie Diestelkamp, Gordon Pennock, Ray Ferris, and Foy Vinson primarily to serve the needs of the Mid-Western …

A Review of The Gospel Plan of Salvation by T.W. Brents

By Kevin Campbell A good book for young and old preachers alike is T.W. Brents’ The Gospel Plan of Salvation, published in 1874. The book is a very basic, simple, and yet comprehensive look at man’s response to the gospel of Christ. Brents ex-plains the purpose of the book in the first paragraph by asking: “Are …