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Category: 2014 – Jan/Feb

Don’t Take Down The Fence – David R. Pharr

An illustration from one of the old-time preachers was, “You don’t have to take down the whole fence to let the cows out!”  The point is that breaking down the fence in one place would allow the cattle to escape, even though it might be assumed that the rest of the fence was still standing. … Read More Don’t Take Down The Fence – David R. Pharr

February 27, 2014 Jon Mitchell1 Comment

Gambling – Carl O. Cooper

As a boy, I understood that there were many families who were being hurt and kept on poverty by the action of the parents.  Even at that young age I could see that some families were being hurt by the immoral places the parents hung out and the immoral activities in which they were engaged. … Read More Gambling – Carl O. Cooper

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Some Leave The Church, Leave The Lord – David R. Pharr

They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would not doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.  (1 John 2:19) The words of John are blunt.  There were certain… Read More Some Leave The Church, Leave The Lord – David R. Pharr

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The Editor’s Page – David R. Pharr, Editor

When I became editor of Palmetto Messenger in 1997 I would not have imagined that I would hold that place for seventeen years.  (In 1999 the name was changed to Carolina Messenger.)  With this issue I have decided to pass the responsibility to another.  With only a few exceptions, there has been a deadline to… Read More The Editor’s Page – David R. Pharr, Editor

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Vexed by Gay Bullying – David R. Pharr

For all his failures otherwise, Abraham’s nephew Lot could not countenance the sordid ungodly deeds of the inhabitants of Sodom.  The Bible says he was “vexed with the filthy conversation [sensual conduct] of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with… Read More Vexed by Gay Bullying – David R. Pharr

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