By Robert H. West The religious system popularly known as “Mormonism” looks to Joseph Smith, Jr., as it founder. Smith, born in Vermont in 1805, claimed to have received visitations from the Father and the Son, and the angel Moroni in 1820 and 1823, respectively. The first alleged appearance was for the purpose of warning young …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 21
What is the Church of Christ?
By Frank Drover This may appear a simple question, but attempts to answer it has been the occasion of much disagreement and misunderstanding. The general view toward any religious group is denominational. Any way the word “denomination” is used, is as a part of the whole, and that is precisely what a denomination is-one among many, …
Creating Needless Confusion (I)
By Ron Halbrook The word of God is composed of both milk and meat (Heb. 5:12-14). The Bible includes both simple principles and “some things hard to be understood” (2 Pet. 3:16). At best, we all have challenges to overcome in studying God’s word. We need to “let the word of Christ dwell in you richly” …
Nostalgia: Living on a Memory
By Bruce Edwards, Jr. “Do not say, ‘Why is it that the former days were better than these?’ For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this” (Eccl. 7:10, NASB). How is one to take the sudden fetish in society for the nostalgic? Movies like Summer of 42, The Way We Were and That’s …