Giving Scholarship a Bad Name

By Bruce Edward, Jr. One cannot help but be a little bemused by the outcry in various papers against “scholarship.” It is quite fashionable now to assail that terrible “ivory tower preacher, elder or editor” who will not come down to earth to “us common folk” and “just preach the gospel.” Granted, there may be some …

“Ye are all Brethren except Ira North, and He’s Doctor”

By Guthrie Dean Every Sunday morning the Madison church of Christ has a program over one of our local television stations. And every Sunday morning Brother Ira North, their preacher, has them to flash his name on the screen as Doctor Ira North. Everyone else on the program is referred to as Brother, Sister, or simply …

What is the Washington Avenue Church of Christ ?

By Larry Ray Hafley (Editor’s Note: The following is the body of a tract of the Washington Avenue Church of Christ. The cover of the tract has the title-question, and the meeting times of the church. It was suggested that we print the body of the tract in case other churches might want to alter the …