“Two-Thirds Negative”?

By Larry Ray Hafley From Good News (July 9, 2000), the bulletin of the Timberland Drive church in Lufkin, Texas, we extract the following comment on 1 Timothy 4:2: “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”  Convince, rebuke, exhort. I have heard some preachers …

“Your Mindset Determines Everything”

By Rufus R. Clifford III The Apostle Paul in Romans 8:6 says, “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” A Christian is to be spiritually minded which means their mindset is what it ought to be! Paul again states this concerning our mindset, “Let this mind …

Revisiting the False Teacher Controversy

By Mike Willis In an effort to defend an on-going fellowship with those who are teaching admittedly false doctrines, some brethren have re-defined “false teacher” as a bad apple, one who is intentionally dishonest and manifests all of the character traits listed in 2 Peter 2. The argument that is made is that the word …