By Thomas Icard At the time the book of Hebrews was written the church was being persecuted. Christianity was not the most popular religion of the day. The Jewish Sanhedrin was one of the great persecutions of the Lord’s church beginning with the arrest of Peter and John in Acts 4 and continuing still at the …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 20
Faith in the Bible
By Cecil Willis A revelation is an “unveiling,” or “unfolding,” and divine revelation is God’s unveiling or unfolding of the truth regarding Himself in some manner and degree to the intelligence and heart of man. Only as He does thus unveil Himself does He become known to man. If such a God does exist, then it …
That’s A Good Question
By Larry Ray Hafley Question: From Mexico: “Would you please comment on the following argument? If baptism is pouring out’ when the Spirit is the element (Acts 2:4, 17), then, baptism is pouring out” when water is the element.” Reply: This argument is fallacious because it rests upon the assumption that “pouring out” is baptism. It …
Excuses for Sexual Immorality
By Roland Worth, Jr. There is nothing in the world that an excuse cannot be invented to defend. So it is not surprising that in our world of casual morals that there are a number of excuses made for ignoring the plain statements of Scripture. In some cases a little common sense will explode the argument; …