Words of Comfort and Exhortation to a Grieving Widow

By Becky Curtiss (Editor’s Note: The following letter was written to sister Melodye [Deedee] Hall following the death of her husband Mike. Mike served the Danville, Indiana church as an elder for nearly two years before succumbing to leukemia. The letter was written the day after its author attended the visitation at the funeral home. The …

The Not So Great Commission

By Max Tice A number of years ago, a well-known gospel preacher commented to me privately that our institutional brethren were the only ones doing anything about the Great Commission. Although he and I both deplored the use of unscriptural methods in many of their evangelistic efforts, we both agreed that there was much truth in …

Ye Which Are Spiritual

By Larry Ray Hafley A spiritual caste periodically arises among God’s people. They specialize in an elite spiritualism. They fantasize that they alone have an insight into the Spirit’s working, power, presence and influence. They feel contempt, which they disguise as sorrow, for those of us who know only the commandments of the Lord. With their …