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Testimony before the House & Senate Committees on the Proposed Department of Education (1926) J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937)

Testimony before the House & Senate Committees on the Proposed Department of Education (1926) J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937)   The following is a transcript of the proceedings of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, and the House Committee on Education, February 25, 1926, Congress of the United States, Washington D.C. The committee met, pursuant […]

Schools Are Religious By Robert R. Booth

Schools Are Religious By Robert R. Booth Religion directs and controls our lives. It is not a question of whether people are religious, it is only a matter of which religion a person serves. This religious orientation is often not acknowledged in our day, yet God’s creatures cannot escape this fundamental truth of their nature. […]

From Grace Gems: “We Must Not Cut Our Lives in Two!”

We must not cut our lives in two! (J.R. Miller) “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do–do it all for the glory of God!” 1 Corinthians 10:31 True religion is simply living out the principles of Christianity in one’s ordinary week-day life! It is getting the Bible, and the prayers, and the church […]

How Conversion has been “Altar-ed” by the Modern Church

How Conversion has been “Altar-ed” by the Modern Church By Pastor Kevin Smead             Ok, so it is clear that “altered” is misspelled in the above title. This was intentional on my part. The title is meant to point out that many leaders in the modern church have made conversion about “going to an altar” […]

John 3:16 — A Very Solemn Warning

                             John 3:16 — A Very Solemn Warning                                                   By Pastor Kevin Smead For many people, John 3:16 contains only a positive message. It gets slapped around on bumper stickers and t-shirts and vbs banners, and everybody really smiles a lot […]

Neo-orthodoxy and the Modern Church

Neo-orthodoxy and the Modern Church By Pastor Kevin Smead             Most people don’t even know what the word “Neo-orthodox” means, nor do they care. Nevertheless, many people in today’s churches are basically neo-orthodox in their approach to and handling of the Scriptures. So what is a “Neo-orthodox” view of Scripture? In order to answer that […]