Reading Time: 4 minutes
In his editorial for the start of 1875, Christian Standard’s founding editor, Isaac Errett, offered 5 suggestions to his readers that will enable them to “consecrate” themselves anew to Christ’s service in the forthcoming year. Though Errett’s suggestions are nearly 150 years old (originally published on January 2, 1875), we believe his comments are just as valuable today as they were when they were first published.
Reading Time: 3 minutes
“When is a church not a church?” an Iowa preacher wrote in 1967. “A church is no longer a church when it becomes a club. . . . A church is no longer a church when it becomes a bank.” . . .
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In this “Epistle from Thistle,” the columnist and correspondent describes (in his own unique way) “seven multisyllabic mistakes, or ‘speaking faults,’ preachers or, I suppose, any public speaker can make.” . . .
Reading Time: 10 minutes
Sam Stone wrote in 1962, “If the early leaders of the Restoration movement are like men engaged in a race, it might be said that Barton Warren Stone took an early lead, but was later passed by Alexander Campbell.” Sam Stone contended that Barton Stone was deserving of greater appreciation . . . and he did so by presenting this “survey of his life.” . . .
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“God’s Word provides some rather explicit instruction concerning the basis for choosing church leaders,” Sam E. Stone wrote in 1968. “Four basic principles are outlined in the opening verses of 1 Timothy 3.” . . .
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“In one sense Christians are clones,” Virgil Felton wrote in 1984. “We are cloned in God’s image (Genesis 1:27). We are cloned by a new birth (John 3:5). We are cloned as new creatures (2 Corinthians 5:17). . . .”
Reading Time: 11 minutes
When Isaac Errett [1820–1888] came into leadership in the Restoration movement there was need of a new type of literature. . . . His writings were more Scriptural and less theological, more practical and less philosophical. . . .
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The Restoration Movement is “not liberal, not really evangelical, not fundamentalist—as a group we are generally conservative, but not consistently so,” LeRoy Lawson wrote in 2006. “In fact, critics could accuse us of not being consistently anything” . . .
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“Is there a church that has no story to tell about prayers at the Lord’s table?” William S. Boice asked in 1984. “We of the New Testament order often find ourselves criticized by our denominational brethren of a more liturgical custom who find our somewhat casual approach to Communion to be nearly offensive. It bears thinking about.” . . .