By Larry Ray Hafley Question: “1. In an older congregation where there are no elders, does the business meeting replace the eldership? 2. If the business meeting replaces the eldership, can it make decisions without consulting the located preacher, just like the eldership? 3. In an older established congregation where there are no elders, does the …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 22
Woe unto them that decree Unrighteous Decrees, and that write Grievousness which they have Prescribed (Isa. 10:1)
By Jeffery Kingry Anyone who writes or teaches publicly can expect to be reviewed publicly, and cannot be too sensitive about it. Any public teacher must be “patient” or forbearing of other’s failings to meet the Holy Spirit’s requirements in 1 Tim. 2:22-25. The man of God is to follow righteousness, faith, love, and peace in …
On Misrepresentation
By Wallace H. Little Lately, I have read more than several articles where one charges a brother in Christ with “misrepresentation.” A check of several dictionaries shows me that generally, the word may either mean an accidental erroneous representing of the position of another, or a deliberate falsification of it. It takes little reading to conclude …
A Study of Translations: The Translation of the Word
By Bobby L. Graham If people are to have access to the word of the Lord, then it must be accurately and faithfully translated-that is, it must be conveyed from the languages in which it was originally written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2:10; Eph. 3:3-5; 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:20, …
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