I’m told the congregation was formed about 1911. It was the result of instrumental music being brought into the local “Christian Church.” Some of my relatives had been charter members. Now several decades later I was preaching there two Sundays per month. I understand that from the beginning, the Lord’s supper had been served using …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 43 1999
Strong Delusion
By Lewis Willis Most do not know what should be done in religion so as to be saved eternally. They listen to just about anything, except God’s word! The apostle Paul, writing to the church of the Thessalonians, spoke of iniquity which was working in their midst. He said it was “the working of Satan” …
Age of the Earth: Are There Biblical Parameters?
By Mark Mayberry Could the Jews tell time? The same Moses who wrote the first 11 chapters of Genesis also wrote binding regulations regarding days, months, seasons and years. How can we say that all the time references in Genesis 1-11 are somehow different than those found in the rest of the Pentateuch? Introduction Those …
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James Rogers Cope, A Man For All Seasons, Has Crossed Over
By James P. Needham “Render therefore to all their dues . . . honour to whom honour” (Rom. 13:7). “. . . he being dead yet speaketh” (Heb. 11:4). Our beloved and highly esteemed James Rogers Cope changed worlds on June 18, 1999. It is like the passing of an era. He was my beloved …
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