| Sunday (02/10/08) | |
| Adult Class | - Tyler Young |
| A.M. Sermon | - Tyler Young |
| P.M. Sermon | - Tyler Young |
| Wednesday (02/06/08) | |
| Adult Class | - Tyler Young |
Your Testimony Is Your Name
By Bryan R Braswell
“The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot” (Proverbs 10:7). In relation to things that are lasting or eternal, what the common man will do throughout his life, those things done based upon the eternal standard of Truth or this temporary place called the world, his name will ever be associated with the things he has done in his flesh. The life lived, then, will be remembered by the things done in this body—this will be his eulogy in the end. Therefore, what a man may do is certainly his testimony in life. What is your name going to reveal, today, tomorrow, and ye, even into eternity? Read More >>
Those Bogus “Jesus Bones”
News sources
are filled with sensational reports that the “bones of Jesus” have been
discovered in Jerusalem. This is but another tale for the illusional. Read
about it. Society has just been treated to the almost-yearly attempt of
entertainment exploiters, who seek to line their pockets with “filthy lucre”
by hitching a ride on the reputation of Jesus Christ.
It would be a laughable, though stupid enterprise, were it not for the
fact that so many gullible souls ingest any trash that purports to have the
endorsement of “science.” Never has the reputation of “science” been so low.
There is nothing new that is “scientifically credible” in this story. The
knowledge of these “bones” has been around for more than a quarter of a
century—scarcely raising an eyebrow.
In 1980 an archeologist by the name of Yosef Gat explored a tomb in the
southeastern region of Jerusalem that dated from the time of Herod the Great
(the ruler who was king when Jesus was born). The main room of the tomb had
six coffin-shaped chambers that housed ten ossuaries (stone bone boxes).
According to the current reports, one box had an inscription, “Jesus, son of
Joseph,” another was inscribed with “Mara,” and a third, “Yose”—the latter
two, it is said, being “Mary” and “Joseph.”
Reportedly, DNA has been collected, and a few speculators have
scientifically concluded that these bones are the remains of Jesus, Mary,
and Joseph—along with Mary Magdalene and a male named “Judah,” found nearby.
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101 Questions For Campbellites, Answered
by
Chuck Northrop
The pastor of the First Baptist Church
in Nowata, OK was A. A. Davis. In a book containing a series of sermons and
other information, he listed 101 questions for “Campbellites” which have been
posted on several denominational websites. I’m sure these questions have been
answered many times before by more capable defenders of truth than I.
Nevertheless, we must give a defense of the Gospel, and I, like Paul, “am set
for the defense of the gospel” (Phil. 1:17).
Before beginning his 101 questions, Mr Davis asks, “What are Campbellites?”
His answer is simply, “They are otherwise known as ‘The Church of Christ’ or
‘The Disciples of Christ,’ and believe that Water Baptism is essential to
salvation in Jesus Christ.”
It is no wonder why he uses such a derogatory term in reference to
members of the church of Christ. He is clearly trying to bring us down to the
level of the manmade Baptist Church. His Baptist roots go back to a man, and if
he can take “church of Christ” roots back to Alexander Campbell, then we are put
on the same par, and we have become nothing more than “Campbellites.” However,
be assured we are not “Campbellites.” The church of Christ goes much further
back than either Alexander Campbell or his father, Thomas — yea, nearly
seventeen hundred years before either were born.
You can read about the church of Christ in prophesy (Isa. 2:2-4), and in
the promise Jesus made to His disciples when He said, “I will build my church”
(Matt. 16:18). Whose church? Christ’s church — the church of Christ. You can
read about the church of Christ as it was established in the city of Jerusalem
on the day of Pentecost during the days of the Roman empire (A.D. 30) in Acts 2.
You can also read about its evangelistic efforts in the remaining pages of the
book of Acts. In addition, you can read about individual congregations of the
churches of Christ in the pages of the epistles from Romans through Revelation.
And, if you want to read about it specifically by name, read Romans 16:16,
“Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.” Find
such about the Baptist church! You cannot!
The Baptist church, with all of its manmade doctrines, didn’t exist until
1607 AD — about sixteen hundred years too late! It is not our desire to be harsh
but to point out facts, and these are the facts of the matter. Unlike the
churches of Christ, the founder of the Baptist church was John Smythe, not Jesus
Christ. And, instead of being founded in Jerusalem, it was founded in Holland.
I’m sorry Mr. Davis, I’m not a Campellite! You can try if you will to pull me
down to your level and give me some manmade name, doctrine, and church, but what
is the purpose? Is it to effect an honest evaluation of truth? Or, is it to
slander and steer people away from the facts? I have spent the major portion of
my life “searching the scriptures,” and though I have read a little about
Campbell, I really do not know what he taught or believed, and don’t really
care, for Campbell was a man, and my desire is to go far beyond what man teaches
— back to a “thus saith the Lord.”
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Delusions
- Exposé of the Book of Mormon from an 1831 Perspective
by Alexander Campbell
(1788-1866)
Taken from the
Millennial Harbinger, No.2,
Vol.II, Bethany, Virginia, Monday, February 7th, 1831
(Editors note: This article will be a
part of the original whole - You can view it by clicking on Study
Materials/Roanoke Reason/Volume 3/No.20-25)
EVERY age of the world has produced imposters and delusions. Jannes and
Jambres withstood Moses, and were followed by Pharaoh, his court, and
clergy. They for some time supported their pretensions, much to the
annoyance of the cause of the Israelites and their leader Moses.
To say nothing of the false prophets of the Jewish age, the diviners,
soothsayers, magicians, and all the ministry of idols among the
Gentiles, by which the nations were so often deceived, the impostors
which have appeared since the Christian era would fill volumes of the
most lamentable details ever read. The false Messiahs which have
afflicted the Jews since the rejection of Jesus of Nazareth, have more
than verified all the predictions of the Faithful and True Witness. No
less than twenty-four distinguished false Messiahs have disturbed the
Jews. Many were deceived, and myriads lost their lives through their
impostures. Some peculiar epochs were distinguished for the number and
impudence of these impostors. If the people had fixed upon any year as
likely to terminate their dispersions, and as the period of their
return, that year rarely failed to produce a Messiah. Hence in the
twelfth century no less than ten false Messiahs appeared.
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What Does the Bible Say About
Death?
by
Bryan R Braswell
What does the Bible say about death? There is no other way to look at life, having the right perspective, than to view it with death in mind. Therefore, death reminds us of the end of a beginning. And, this should turn our attention to the Creator and Sustainer of life. Death is the great equalizer as William Shakespeare iterates in the Hamlet, but in reality death symbolizes a separation, in two different ways: 1.) Separation from the living, and 2.) Separation of the wicked and the righteous dead also (cf., Luke 16:22-26; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; 1 Samuel 2:3, 10 et al.). Read More >>
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