Original Commentary on Acts J.W. McGarvey

By Marc W. Gibson “Any work of man will exhibit imperfections, and there are views (not many) in this work which I do not follow; yet, I regard it as the greatest uninspired work ever writ-ten.”‘ This is high praise indeed! For most books, this assessment would be embarrassingly extreme. But after reading J.W. McGarvey’s Original …

A Review of McGarvey’s Sermons

By Paul Krenek In the Spring and Summer of 1893, John William McGarvey delivered a series of sermons recorded, compiled, and printed by those who had the foresight to recognize their value to current and future generations. In his book, McGarvey states in the preface, “I have no partiality for volumes of sermons for I have …

Scriptural Elders And Deacons

By Andy Alexander Scriptural Elders and Deacons, H.E. Phillips, $15.95. Scriptural Elders and Deacons by brother H. E. Phillips is an excellent work on an important and controversial Bible subject. It is equally valuable today as an aid to studying the eldership as it was when first written. There has been and always will be a …

“My Mother and My Brethren”

By Irvin Himmel Jesus had a fleshly mother and brothers and sisters. Joseph was Mary’s husband and Jesus’ foster father. Those who were acquainted with the family said of Jesus, “Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are …