By Bob Palmer In the sport of baseball, some outspoken fans expect every baseball team to have players who always get a hit and never make an error. The only problem is, you can’t get those loud-mouth critics in the grandstand to lay down their hotdogs long enough to come onto the field and play. Yes, …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 28
Bible Basics: The Sin of Substitution
By Earl E. Robertson When one is dissatisfied with God’s ways yet seeks to be religious, he will make substitution here and there to placate his conscience. Religious people are constantly engaged in substituting the human for the divine. However, one has never been able to arrogate unto himself the power necessary to make nay changes …
Having Favor With People
By Ken Weliever The English poet John Donne once wrote, “No man is an island unto himself.” We might amend Donne’s statement to “no Christian is an island unto himself. ” Christianity is a religion of relationships with people. We cannot live a hermit-like existence and fulfill the commands of Christ. We have responsibilities in the …
They Had Been With Jesus
By Daniel L. Holloway In Acts 4, we find the apostles Peter and John being tried by the Jewish council. Verse 13 says that the council “took note that these men had been with Jesus.” Now let us ask ourselves how the council recognized this. First of all, when they questioned the apostles, Peter proclaimed that …