Acts 19:1-5 provides precedent for a person being “re-baptized” when his previous baptism was not according to scriptural instructions. In the case of the persons in the text they had been immersed according to the preaching of John the Baptist, which had only anticipated the redemptive work of Christ. John never baptized in the name… Read More Thoughts on Acts 19:1-5 – David R. Pharr
I have become a fool in boasting. You have compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing. Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds (2… Read More The Signs of an Apostle – J. Terry Wheeler
Last month, how many of you heard a commercial on the radio or saw a Christmas movie on the television in which the Christmas season or Christmas itself was referred to as “a time of miracles”? Usually, what is meant by statements like that is that Christmas is a very special time. In like manner,… Read More The Biblical Definition of Miracles – Jon Mitchell
[Acts] connects the evangelistic example and gospel teaching of the Savior to the daily practice of every saint…While every book of the Bible contains a portion of God’s blueprint for the church, Acts is the detailed diagram that connects various parts of the scheme – the saving of men’s souls through the spread of the… Read More Editor’s Page, January/February 2013 Issue – David R. Pharr
The most valuable technological invention for travelers in recent years has been the Global Positioning System (GPS). It is a magnificent travelers’ aid but it is absolutely useless if it is not properly set. The beginning and the end of this article shall be that the conscience is the component of humankind that makes us… Read More The Human Conscience – Terry Gunnells
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