By Mike Willis Across the country church growth seminars are conducted among denominational and liberal folks designed to teach others how to cause churches to grow. None of us is content with dead and dying churches; we want to see souls saved, those who are fallen away restored, and churches growing so that buildings must …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 42 1998
Surface Cures
By Larry Ray Hafley Filling a pothole does not fix the road. It is merely a temporary “surface cure.” Make-up does not do away with unwanted lines and wrinkles (sorry, ladies!), it simply hides them from view. A hair-piece will hide my bald spot. It will not restore my hair. As an example of an …
It’s Still So!
By Johnie Edwards The Gospel Advocate, a religious publication out of Nashville, Tennessee at one time taught the truth on “The Mission of the Church.” B.C. Goodpasture, the editor in 1948, said concerning the church providing recreation and entertainment for its members: 1. Not The Mission: “It is not the mission of the church to …
Thoughts on Worship and Service
By Norman E. Fultz When just three months out of high school, as a student in a college operated by brethren and where probably 98 percent of the students were Christians, and where the atmosphere was, for the most part, a far more spiritual climate than I’d ever seen, I “fell in love with it.” …