What Does “False Teacher” Mean?

By Mike Willis But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction (2 Pet. 2:1) This is the only text in the New Testament in which the …

Thy Speech Maketh Thee Known

By David M. Bonner When I was living in a dormitory during my college years, several of my neighbors learned an important lesson about their vocabularies. These young men had been living away from the moral guidance of their parents and had acquired the use of a number of “four letter” words. The use of these …

Edifying the Church

By Barney Keith The edification of the saints is one of the objectives of our assemblies. We are made to wonder at times just how much of this is accomplished. The church at Corinth was instructed to conduct assemblies in such a manner “that the church may receive edifying” (1 Cor.14:5). Paul admonished, “Let all things …