A public toilet may not be thought of as being a subject for a “church” bulletin article, but we are living in a strange time. Just to get the subject before you, the common toilet has been called: a bathroom, restroom, latrine, comfort room, powder room, toilet room, washroom, water closet, and public lavatory through …
Category Archive: by Frank R. Williams
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Apr 01
IT IS TIME TO PREPARE
Those who wait until the last day, the last minute, generally are not ready for the event! Each year about this time the Barnes church of Christ, as part of her work in the “Oklahoma City School of Biblical Studies” host the “The Annual Oklahoma City Lectures!” The dates this year are: April 28 – …
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Mar 26
IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE HIM!
All the way from Ghana a question was received inquiring what I knew about a certain story. The person asking the question was Robert Lord Jackson, a preacher who works with the church of Christ in Asemasa, Ghana; he was wondering about a story he had heard about the apostle John. The story is not …
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Mar 19
TAXATION AND SALVATION
At this time of year, most Americans are preparing for their taxes; papers are gathered up, the forms are filled out. The dead line is April fifteenth and many of us are hoping that we don’t have pay any more taxes. Money having already been taken out of our hard earned income with every pay …
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Mar 12
NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER
In reply to a question put forth by Thomas, Jesus answered: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”(John 14:6). In this answer, Jesus has given three areas which he personifies: 1) “I am the way,” 2) “I am the truth,” and 3) “I am …
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Mar 05
SALVATION
Salvation is one of the sweetest words in the English language. It is enriched even more when we identify from what one is saved. Merriam-Webster gives this meaning: “preservation from destruction or failure; deliverance from danger or difficulty.” Of course, the meaning becomes even greater, as the degree of the danger is increased. If one …
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Feb 27
“I Am the Way”
The spirits of untold millions upon millions have been uplifted by the words of Jesus to his troubled disciples after he told them of him death. He said: “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I …
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Feb 20
TAUGHT WRONG, BAPTIZED BIBLICALLY? (4)
The question of being taught wrong and baptized biblically is one that answers itself! That is, if one will just stop and think for a moment. How could a person be baptized biblically, that is, according to the teaching of Christ, when taught something other than the teaching of Christ? Biblical baptism is in the …
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Feb 13
TAUGHT WRONG, BAPTIZED BIBLICALLY? (3)
Is there a case of “re-baptizing” in the New Testament? In other words, is there a case where a person was taught wrong, baptized, then, taught right and baptized a second time? There are some who might even laugh at such questions, yet, the very idea of baptizing a person a second time is scorned …
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Feb 06
TAUGHT WRONG, BAPTIZED BIBLICALLY? (2)
First, on the mind of a student of the New Testament and the subject of baptism should be that of John, the first person found to be baptizing. The subject in this series of articles is that “taught wrong, baptize biblically.” John and some who came to him to be baptized will serve us well …
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