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The above title is from an article written by Erik Tryggestad in the February, 2009 Christian Chronicle. According to Mike Washburn, executive minister (I do not recall an executive apostle, MLW) of Richland Hills Church of Christ, the 2009 edition of Churches of Christ in the United States committed an
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Last week Spiritual Perspectives presented three articles written by various preachers over a period of time on the subject of modesty. However, for some brethren, such topics are a waste of time because they made up their minds a long time ago not to pay any attention to anyone who
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Another error Christians should guard against is the casual usage of God's name. In Matthew 6:9, as Jesus began His prayer, He said, "Hallowed be thy name." God's name is holy; it is to be revered and respected. Therefore we should not be
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Years ago, when I was in college (late 1960s, early 1970s), the congregation I attended was made up mostly of college students. More than a thousand young people gathered for worship every Sunday. One way that I often participated was by passing communion. One day when we were preparing to
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We would not take the position that whatever dress is proper and fitting on one occasion would be proper and fitting on another. What one would wear to worship God might not be fitting to wear to work in a coal mine, or what one might wear on a hike
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Universities now have a free speech zone, in which students are free to say or distribute whatever they wish. Some of our students have set up a table with various materials available for free. Many students are actually interested in what has been made available to them. A few Bible
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Last year I was picking blackberries when an inspiration for an article came to me. I wrote it, but do not remember it being published. Today, however, I went again and was again inspired. It was not the kind of inspiration that Paul had, but it may be worth considering.
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If all of the sleeping folk would wake up, And all of the lukewarm folk would fire up, And all the dishonest folk would confess up, And all the disgruntled folk would sweeten up, And all the discouraged folk would cheer up, And all the estranged folk would make up,
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For almost fifty years I have been trying to encourage personal evangelism and soul winning from the classroom and pulpit. I have conducted workshops on personal evangelism and teacher training. I have taught preacher-training classes. In all of these I have tried to emphasize not only proper methods and
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Who has been a member of the Lord's church for very long and does not know of Jesus' plea for unity in John 17:20-21? Who does not know of Paul's rebuke to the Corinthians for being divided over personalities (1 Cor. 1:10-
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Recently, a letter appeared in the April/May issue of a magazine for people of "intelligence," called Mensa Bulletin. The author of a letter to the editor, a Mr. Kmeco, claims to have read two versions of the Bible from cover to cover, although it does not show.
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On April 9, 2016, appearing in the Orlando Sentinel, was an interesting article, whose headline offered the following declaration: "Grace for Divorced Catholics" (A3). Needless to say, that news might be of interest to a segment of the population; however, the subtitle was phrased as a contrast: "