By Johnie Edwards The Bible teaches it is Scriptural for a church to own and furnish a preacher a house in which to live as part of his support (2 Cor. 11:8). There are some real problems connected with this arrangement. (1) “We furnish a house. ” When elders discuss financial arrangements with a preacher, they …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 23
Christianity: The Personal Pattern The Gospel: Wounds Heal Wounds
By Jeffery Kingry In our country’s last war, now forgotten and denied like a bad dream, I had the occasion to endure a year amidst the suffering and carnage. “Home” was taken from-me by the impersonal and cruel hand of bureaucracy. During that time, I was able often to recover from the sight of the ruins …
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Without Natural Affection
By Johnny Stringer In describing the extreme wickedness of the world of his day, Paul said that they were “without natural affection” (Rom. 1:31). According to William Barclay, the term which Paul used had reference to family love. The thinking of people had become so perverted that the natural affection which should have existed within families …
Metaphors of Jesus . . . . The Sun of Righteousness
By Bruce James The inspired writers showed the work of Jesus, as well as His character, by employing metaphors. They used different objects of nature to show forth His beauty and glory, such as the earth, the sea and the sky. His stability and strength is seen in the rock, His fruitfulness in the vine, His …
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