The Christian and Civil Government

Mike Willis

The following true cases all involved Christians and families of Christians:

• A husband learns that his wife is having an affair with another man. After efforts to get her to cease her affair with the man fail, he files divorce papers against his wife to divorce her for the cause of fornication.

Does the husband violate 1 Corinthians 6? Does the husband cause the grief that his wife and children may have to endure? Is the husband somehow the "guilty party" in the above case because he turns the case over to civil courts for their adjudication?

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Statement From The Board

February 23, 2004

In recent weeks many of our readers may have heard about a problem that the Guardian of Truth Foundation experienced. Articles have been written about the problem in at least one paper circulated among brethren, a news report has aired on WBKO television station in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and letters have been distributed among brethren relating to these difficulties. It was not our original intention to disclose fully the details of this embarrassing situation. However, where little public information is available, rumor tends to abound. Because of these rumors, along with certain patently false information being circulated, it is now necessary for the Board to say more than we had at first planned. Consequently, the Board wishes to make this public statement about what happened.

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The Serpent That Still Was Not There

Marc W. Gibson

On behalf of Harry Osborne and myself, I want to thank Marty Pickup for his response to our article entitled "The Serpent That Was Not There" (Truth Magazine, August 7, 2003). Careful and diligent study of any Bible topic or question of controversy will cause truth to shine and error to be exposed. Honorable discussion will encourage brethren to take these issues seriously in their search for truth.

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