By Keith Sharp A few years ago a popular song was entitled, “The Games People Play.” The crooner jeered of hucksters who “sock it to you in the name of the Lord.” Sadly, this skeptical view of religious people is reflected in the lives of too many professed Christians. Following Christ is not a game. True …
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“New Works” and Problems
By Name Withheld In April, 1979, an announcement appeared in some of “the papers concerning a new work in F________ , California. It was a grand and, from all appearances, successful beginning, on December 24, 1978. However, before the announcement appeared problems had begun to show up. Other than a hint here and there, I received …
Studies In New Testament Eschatology: No. 1: The Doctrine of Final Things
By Jimmy Tuten Eschatology is a term which denotes things that are to take place at the close of man’s earthly existence. All of the events centered around the second coming of Christ and the judgment would come under this heading. “Eschatology” is pronounced “es-ka-tol’o-ji,” and as far as modern theology is concerned, the doctrine contained …
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The Sponsoring Church
By Mike Willis In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the sponsoring church idea of congregational cooperation and organization was born among the churches of Christ. Since then, it has been partially responsible for a rupture in the body of Christ which has completely divided brethren. From time to time, we need to recall what were …