By Alan Highers (This article is a response to Dick Blackford’s article “Reply to a Spiritual Sword editorial published in the October 21, 1993 issue of Guardian of Truth.) I. A Personal Word Before responding to Dick Blackford, I would like to offer some personal expressions. I have had a cordial relationship with several of those …
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From Heaven or From Men
By Clinton D. Hamilton This column will address two questions that were submitted together by one querist. One concerns the origin of sin and the other deals with the consequence of sin. Both have biblical answers. Question one: Is every sin the result of temptation, i.e. James 1:14-15? Response: Temptation is an issue with which many …
Making It Legal Does Not Make It Right
By Jeff Asher We are living in a time when civil law and divine law are not in harmony. The ideal situation is that civil government be “the minister of God to thee for good” and “not a tenor to good works, but to evil” (Rom. 12:3,4). However, increasingly, government seeks to “change laws” (Dan. 7:25), …
What is wrong With the Church of Christ (3)?
By Larry Ray Hafley As Paul said in his day, “the mystery of lawlessness doth already work” (2 ‘Mess. 2:7), so it is in our day. There are misguided souls who, though they may have the best of intentions, would alter the nature, spirit, power and character of the gospel. Their ideas, if followed, will lead …
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