Conversion: Baptism: ” For the Remission of Sin”

By Cecil Willis After having discussed the subject and the act of baptism, it logically follows that we should now discuss the design or the purpose of baptism. Throughout the years, I would venture to guess, that there has been no sin0le subject that has been the object of more discussions than has the subject of …

Complicated Machinery

By Frank Driver The essence of organizational arrangements for the collective function of the people of God in performance of His service, like the content of the Gospel message, is simplicity. The apostle Paul feared it might become otherwise (2 Cor. 11:3). The divine and heavenly ordinance for such organizational arrangement as above mentioned is elders …

A Nutty Theory Still

By Luther Blackmon Empedocles suggested that the four elements, earth, air, fire, and water were played upon the forces of love and hate, producing plants, and that these plants budded off animals. Some of our brethren think that my attitude toward the theory of evolution reveals a state of 11 staggering ignorance,” and that some of …

Does “Psalmos” Justify Instrumental Music?

By John McCort The most popular argument used to justify instrumental music in worship is an argument drawn from the word “Psalms” (psalmos) in Eph. 5:19. The argument made is that in the Old Testament psalms were sung to an instrument of music. It is claimed that the instrument of music is inherent in the singing …