A Study of “Bondage” in 1 Corinthians 7:15

By Weldon E. Warnock Those brethren who see another cause for divorce and remarriage in 1 Corinthians 7:15 claim that “bondage” in v. 15 is the marriage bond and they assert that when Paul said, “is not under bondage,” the apostle meant, “not under the bondage of marriage,” and the believer is free to marry again. …

The Nationalism of the Church

By Bill H. Reeves The age-old question is this: shall it be the autonomous local church, according to Divine Wisdom, or centralization (with attending institutionalism), according to human wisdom? History is replete with examples of promotions of centralization. In the first centuries there was a movement away from the New Testament picture of churches of Christ, …