By Lois Kyle. If you are an elderly person, you may think your most productive days are past. Your available energy is not what it used to be. Your health is most likely not all that it used to be. BUT do you know that you are still more man capable of playing a major part in all that the missionary accom
Seniors' Ministries
How to Deal with Those Who Differ from Us – Part 1
By Roger R. Nicole. We are called upon by the Lord to contend earnestly for the faith. (Jude 3) That does not necessarily involve being contentious; but it involves avoiding compromise, standing forth for what we believe, standing forth for the truth of God – without welching at any particular moment. Thus, we are bound to meet, at various points and at various levels, people with whom we disagree. We disagree in some areas of Christian doctrine. We disagree as to some of the details of church administration. We disagree as to the way in which certain tasks of the church should be pursued. And, in fact, if we are careful to observe the principles that I would like to expound for you, I would suggest that they may be valuable also in disagreements that are not in the religious field. They also would apply to disagreements in politics or difficulties with people in your job or friction within the family or contentions between husband and wife or between parents and children. Who does not encounter from time to time people who are not in complete agreement; therefore, it is good to seek to discover certain basic principles whereby we may relate to those who differ from us.
It seems strange that one should desire to speak at all about Polemic Theology since we are now in an age when folks are more interested in ecumenism and irenics than in polemics. Further
Doers, Not Hearers Only
Nearly everybody goes to church in Upper East Tennessee. One widely cir
Tried and Tested Timer
Precious metals are refined with fire. So are people. The Bible makes numerous references to such testing and purifying.
Walter Lastovica knows all about refining, personally and professionally. The man who serves regularly as the timing clerk at PCA assemblies (and who expects to be doing that again in Philadelphia this month) is a man