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Jan 23
BAPTISM (2)
The question has been and still is being raised, even among members of the churches of Christ, is baptism necessary to salvation? Yet, through the years preachers in the churches of Christ have debated this subject hundreds of times; while affirming that baptism is necessary unto remission of sins. It may also be said, that …
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Jan 16
BAPTISM (1)
There is a practice among us to quote the early preachers (1800 – 1900), those who were “searching for the ancient order of things,” and to use them as authority. As one who teaches, “The history of the churches of Christ in America” (Having changed the term by which his period is identified because of …
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Jan 09
TODAY WE WORSHIP GOD
Luke wrote of the church in Troas: “And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight” (Acts 20:7). The events of the day were both normal and unusual, as in regard to …
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Jan 01
THE NEW YEAR HAS ARRIVED
Many times we start talking about doing something and before we know it, we have talked so much and the subject has become so large, we have long left the original subject and have no idea what we started talking about. As a small congregation, we may not be able to do large things, but …
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Dec 26
APPROACHING THE NEW YEAR
We are not there yet, but we sure are approaching it and it is a good time to look both back and forward. There are at least two reasons for looking in both directions: 1) to see the blessing of the past year and to see the shortcomings; and 2) to correct and do better …
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Dec 19
Be Thankful
Life in general, life lived through the years, and life lived daily, sometimes has bad events that must be faced. Yet, these bad events may be used for good or bad, and this depends on our character! There is nothing new about this; bad times are common to all of us. Do they make or …
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Dec 12
THE CHURCH PURCHASED BY BLOOD
Have you ever thought there is one God, one Christ, one Holy Spirit, one Bible and one hope, but the same folks who will agree with these five great truths; stop and balk like old Charley’s mule when someone says: there is one faith, one church, and one baptism! Just what is it that happened …
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Dec 05
Prayer (4)
It is understood when writing about “prayer,” that it is dangerous, as this is a most personal subject. It is a subject that is in most cases very dear to the heart; it is a subject that is not measured by perfection, as each word comes from the soul that is pouring out the deepest …
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Nov 28
PRAYER (3)
This third article on prayer will deal with words we use while praying. Therefore, it is necessary to say to the readers, there is no personal offence intended as we make this study. Remember, a study on any subject is to help us better understand the subject, and to help improve our personal efforts as …
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Nov 21
PRAYER (2)
Prayer is a very important part of our life as a child of God; therefore, Paul wrote: “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17). A child of God should always be prepared and in a state of mind to pray. It should be one of the most natural things in the life of a Christian! But, …
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