The following is an excerpt from the book The Majesty of Christ (Workbook Commentary Series: Colossians) by James P. Miller. ——— True scriptural growth must be accompanied by wisdom and understanding, and this in spiritual matters. Many times the brethren are wise in everything else but are babes in the scriptures. It is good to have […]
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The following is an excerpt from V. M. Metcalfe’s book Uncle Minor’s Stories. It offers an encouraging perspective on churches that appear to be in decline or have closed their doors altogether. ——— What? The church of Christ? No. Some Christians are failures. Some start well, and run with great speed for a while, then
The following is an excerpt from V. M. Metcalfe’s book Uncle Minor’s Stories. In it, the author warns against the use of alcohol. ——— The man or boy who gets in the habit of drinking whisky as a beverage soon loses all respect for himself, and may soon look very much like the man in
The following is an excerpt from V. M. Metcalfe’s book Uncle Minor’s Stories. It is a humorous story of what happened at a wedding he was called to perform, which turned into a dog fight. ——— Many years ago, when I was preaching for a country church, I was often called on to marry the
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The following is an excerpt from V. M. Metcalfe’s book Uncle Minor’s Stories. It contains a lesson from a father to his son who had fallen behind in school. ——— “Well,” said the father to his son, “you’ve fallen behind this month, have you?” “Yes, sir.” “How did that happen?” “Don’t know, sir.” The father
The following is an excerpt from V. M. Metcalfe’s book Uncle Minor’s Stories. It tells of the time when the author saw a young man discover he was on the wrong train, and what that teaches us about following Christ. ——— One who travels much in this age, if he keeps his eyes and ears
The following is an excerpt from James M. Mathes’ book A Record of Christian Union and Truth. It addresses the fear some brethren had that paying preachers for their work would “spoil” them. ——— But sometimes it is objected to giving preachers a fair and just compensation for their labors, that it would spoil them! It
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The following is an excerpt from James M. Mathes’ book A Record of Christian Union and Truth, in which he discussed a misconception about how one is “called” to preach. ——— I have known some enthusiasts who had but little to entitle them to public notice, except their fiery zeal, ignorance, and supportive impudence, who
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The following is an excerpt from James M. Mathes’ book A Record of Christian Union and Truth, describing how to identify the Lord’s church. ——— But perhaps the reader is ready to ask, “How shall I find the church of God, seeing there are so many churches at the present time, each wearing a different
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The following is an exchange between M. Winans and Silas E. Shepard, editor of The Primitive Christian. It mentions the editor of another journal, Mr. Badger of the Christian Palladium, who was promoting the practice of “Christian conferences.” Winans wrote to encourage Shepard to address the issue. Shepard’s remarks reveal the difficulty in answering error when
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