Bible Basics: Is The Church of Christ Sufficient

By Earl E. Robertson All one can know about this subject is what the Scriptures say. So, we must turn to them and make an honest investigation that we might make a correct judgment. The Church of Christ is surely identified in the sacred writings. Look at some of the things the Bible says about this …

Thinkin’ Out Loud: Of Buzzards, Dead Flesh, Condominiums, Shysters And Other Things

By Lewis Willis On Monday 2/7/83, Jim Bakker told a PTL studio audience at Heritage U.S.A. that he would not respond to reports currently circulating about his ministry. He said, “We can choose to accent the positive or we can choose to live like buzzards on dead flesh.” Jim, what occasions such colorful and dramatic eloquence? …

Millennial Miscalculations: A Glorified Or Maimed Body?

By Dudley Ross Spears Our millennial and dispensational friends claim to take the Bible literally. They believe that Jesus will come back a second time with the saints from an imaginary “rapture” and will raise the righteous dead. Then Jesus will establish the millennial kingdom and peace and happiness supreme will reign. They imagine lions playing …

Have Ye Not Read?

By Hoyt Houchen Question: In Matthew 2:16 the King James translators state that Herod slew all the children in the Bethlehem area. Some of the other translations state “male” children. Is there a discrepancy here? Reply: The consensus of scholarship translates Matthew 2:16 “male” children. I believe this is the correct translation in view of the …