By Richard Boone What has brought us to the present day? What lies ahead in the future? To answer these and other important questions, it is wise and useful for us to study our past. That is what this article is all about. For the last 40 years a division has existed among churches of Christ …
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The Problem Of Church Cooperation
By David Hartselle A year ago, while sitting in a Chinese restaurant in Czechoslovakia, I spoke with another American preacher. I asked if he believed that Christians could scripturally worship God with mechanical instruments of music. He said, “Yes.” He then suggested that the Bible was not really a pattern at all but rather a “general …
Establishing Authority: A Study of Acts 15
By Marc Gibson “And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, `Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved” (Acts 15:1). Thus began what Luke describes as “no small dissension and dispute” among brethren in the first century. Issues and problems arise from time to time in …
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The Need for Authority
By T. Doy Moyer To have authority for what we do means that we have freedom, the right and permission to act as it comes from one who has the right to order and give permission. Our authority is Jesus Christ. He has the right to order and command. He said: “All authority has been given …