I write this editorial the week after the shooting at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee. Last Sunday afternoon, I had gone to Wal-Mart after worship services to get my daughter a birthday cake for a birthday party we were having for her at church that night. As I was standing in… Read More The Solution To Our Troubling Times — Jon Mitchell, Editor (Editorial: October, 2017)
Our brotherhood is composed of many active and former military service members, frequently living in locations away from their original home. There is therefore interest, and possible empathy, concerning the Roman centurions who are recorded in New Testament scripture. The centurion was not the equivalent of just any Roman soldier. In today’s military, he would… Read More Centurions In The New Testament — Dave Redmond
Numbers 3:4 states, “And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord…” The topic of our examination appears from this verse: Nadab and Abihu. They died in the presence of, in the face of, or before the Lord. The occasion involved an offering and the offering was strange. … Read More Learning From Nadab and Abihu — Travis Main
The book of Job addresses perhaps the most difficult of life’s questions: “Why does God allow human suffering?” This article deals with Job’s three friends who tried to answer this question. Some things they said were wrong and some right…but mostly they were wrong. We must also bear in mind that God allowed Satan to… Read More Job’s Miserable Comforters — Roger L. Leonard
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest anyone should boast” (Eph. 2:8-9). This is a common passage often used to prove that Christians are saved “by grace alone through faith alone.” Grace, however, does not mysteriously come down… Read More The Lessons of Grace — Stephen Hughes
Editor’s Note: The October, 2016 issue of the Carolina Messenger featured an article written by Dr. Hester in which he shared his thoughts and perspectives about a debate he had participated in with Don Preston in Ardmore, Oklahoma concerning the doctrine of realized eschatology. Since then, Dr. Hester and Mr. Preston have conducted a second… Read More Second Realized Eschatology Debate Recap — David W. Hester
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