By Earl Robertson Church government known in the New Testament is purely local. The Scriptures say nothing about universal government of churches of Christ. Each local church is independent of all other congregations. They all work independently of each other and yet they all do the same work; they work concurrently accomplishing the will of Christ. …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 23
“Fear of God” Motivation for Conduct
By William C. Sexton Nehemiah, one of the men who made a great effort to restore true worship and service to the God of heaven in Judah after the captivity, revealed the true motivating force in producing acceptable and beneficial behavior: “the fear of God” (Neh. 5:15). We believe that such is the correct mental state …
Situation Ethics
By Wayne T. Galloway There is a plague that sometimes goes undetected in Christianity although we look at it, examine it, preach against it and understand that it will destroy. It not only destroys all Christianity, but is like a cancer constantly eating away at our morals. What is this plague? It is diagnosed by several …
Freeloader
By Pat Higgins Freeloader. We all know what a freeloader is. He is a person who partakes of the good things provided by others and never gives anything in return-a parasite. Society has a distaste for such people: the neighbor who is long on borrowing and short on returning; the relative who comes to visit and …