By Alexander Campell Under this head we have just read an article in the Christian Messenger for January last. The charitable Editor seems to use this term “opinion “, in such a latitude as to cover almost all the laws, ordinances and worship of the Christian institution. This would not be a matter so much to …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 23
One Thing Have I Desired
By Mike Willis Dr. A. Dudley Dennison wrote, in his book Windows, Ladders, and Bridges pp. 101-102), the following comments about one’s priorities in life: Not long ago, a survey was taken of men who had survived heart attacks in their forties. Most reported that these coronary episodes had made them confront, as never before, the …
“And Joseph Was With Joseph ” (II) (Gen. 39:2, 3, 21, 23; Acts 7:9, 10)
By Don R. Hastings The Lord was with Joseph when he was unjustly thrown into prison. (Gen. 39:21-23). It is hard to accept punishment which we deserve, but it is extremely difficult to maintain a good, pleasant disposition when the punishment is unjust (1 Pet. 2:19, 20; Gen. 40:15). Even though Joseph was the victim of …
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“And My Father Is The Husbandman”
By Bruce James In a previous article I dealt with the metaphor of Jesus in His being the Vine. But there is another figure that needs to be considered from the same text of John 15:1-11. It is God the Father being likened unto the Husbandman of the vineyard. The rural and agricultural figure is used …