By Raymond Harris Preparation of the Local Church There is an old saying, “Anything done well, must be prepared for.” That is certainly true of something as important as a series of meetings where the gospel of Christ is to be preached. Anything that involves the eternal souls of men and women should never be taken …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 37
Priorities During a Meeting
By Paul J. Casebolt “Priority 1. Quality of being prior. 2. Superiority in rank, position, or privilege. 3.Order of preference based on urgency, importance, or merit” (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary). Others have addressed different aspects of a gospel meeting such as the purpose, the preaching, the preparation, and the advertising. But if we cannot understand or …
Paying the Preacher: The Laborer is Worthy of His Reward
By Ron Holbrook Whether the preacher’s needs are supplied by individuals, as in Luke 10:7, or by the local church, as in 1 Timothy 5:18, the Bible says in both passages, “The laborer is worthy of his reward.” Preachers and all other brethren need to remember first and foremost that when we labor together in the …
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The Purpose of Gospel Meetings
By Mike Willis “Why should we have gospel meetings? We are not baptizing people any more. Gospel meetings used to accomplish a lot of good when America was a rural nation and non-Christians would visit the meetings. But, now non-Christian Americans will not visit gospel meetings, so they are a left-over relic from a by-gone era …