By Randy Blackaby Cruelty to animals certainly isn’t something to be ignored or upheld but some American activists certainly seem to have their priorities upside down. Human life consistently seems to be getting subordinated to the value placed on fish, owls, bears and the like. The latest examples of this topsy-turvy logic involve a U.S. Supreme …
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Churches and the 1993 Tax Law Changes
By Sherrel A. Mercer A Christian will endeavor to give cheerfully and responsibly to the local church of which he is a member. His conscience will be his sole guide, both in the gift he makes, and in his reporting of his annual contribution as a deduction. No other party is involved, since churches of Christ, …
Law and Legalism
By H. E. Phillips Law is: “A general rule of action or conduct established or enforced by a sovereign authority; as, a law of Caesar; a law of God” (Webster’s Twentieth Century Dictionary, Unabridged). Webster says of legalism: “Close conformity to law.” Law and legalism are not the same. “Law” (nomos) means “. . . anything …
The Mirror in the Cross The Offence of the Cross
By Tim Mize Most of us have heard all our lives about the cross of Christ. A week does not pass without our eating this bread and drinking this cup in its memory. It may surprise us, then, to learn how shocking it was to those who heard about it first. For those first audiences of …
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