By H.E. Phillips “Whoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4). Sin is related to law. Law reflects authority. Authority resides in a person or persons, and signifies the character, power and will of the person who holds the authority. That authority is expressed in law. …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 37
Reap the Whirlwind
By Jim Ward The following appeared in the San Antonio Light (11/ 14/92), titled “Student cheating widespread.” SAN FRANCISCO (AP) High school and college students today are replacing the three R’s with the three Ds: dishonesty, deceit, duplicity. That’s the conclusion of a two-year nationwide study on ethics that found widespread admittance of lying, theft and …
Sturgis Report
By Karjor A. Caldwell For the past year I have been preaching in Sturgis, Mississippi. I am the only black preacher here in Oktibbeho County who is opposed to institutionalism. My purpose for being in Sturgis is to use every possible opportunity to preach the gospel of Christ as God’s power to save the lost and …
From Heaven or From Men
By Clinton D. Hamilton The work of elders, their relation to congregation, and the congregation’s relation to them continue to be a topic of genuine interest among brethren. Questions are frequently raised by sincere brethren. Often the questions are difficult and call for many inferences from the scriptures. Some of them raise points on which the …