Are instruments in worship a ‘little matter?’
by Basil Overton
From Seven Score Short Sermons
PO Box 2279, Florence, AL 35630
Some people think it strange that anyone would say that it is wrong to use mechanical instruments of music in worship. For centuries after Christ was on earth it would have been just as strange for one to have said that instruments ought to [...]
Preachers and scholars
by Weylan Deaver
The apostle Paul was no intellectual slouch. His education at the feet of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3) would equal or surpass a degree from any of America’s “Ivy League” schools. In fact, at one point during his defense before Festus, the agitated governor said loudly, “Paul, you are out of your mind; your great [...]
Underground, but heaven bound
by Weylan Deaver
John Foxe (1517-1587) was an Englishman who compiled a book about Christians who suffered for their faith. The title is still available as Foxe’s Christian Martyrs Of The World. One chapter deals with the saints persecuted under the notoriously wicked emperor, Nero, which commenced in Rome about three decades after the church of [...]
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