Tabitha Alder’s Testimony
Tabitha Alder’s Testimony
(Died at approximately 8 to 9 years of age)
Tabitha Alder was the daughter of a minister in Kent, who lived near Gravesend. She was instructed in the Holy Scriptures, by her father and mother; but there appeared nothing extraordinary in her, till she was between seven and eight years old. About which time, when she was sick, one asked her, what she thought would become of her, if she should die? She answered, that she… Continue reading
The Scars Of Divorce
The Scars Of Divorce
(A child’s testimony about her parent’s divorce)
“Please, please don’t sign them! Oh, Daddy, don’t sign those papers!” My pleadings must have added greatly to my father’s burden, but the pen held firmly in his hand continued to write his name on the final papers.
Thus was my world destroyed and I with it, for on that day something died in the heart of a child. A child? In years, yes, but the child… Continue reading
Why Meet in Homes?
Why Meet in Homes?
Everyone would expect a new church to begin by meeting in a home. A group consisting of only ten or twenty people would not need a larger meeting place, and the costs involved in buying or renting any sort of building would be prohibitive. So when we were a new church, and when we said that we were meeting in homes, most of our friends in other churches understood. But when they learned that it… Continue reading
The Lord’s Supper, A Study of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
The Lord’s Supper, A Study of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
by John Zens
Introduction
In the New Testament we should be struck by the utter simplicity that characterized life in the early churches. We are given a broad picture of church life, but many particulars – which are troublesome for us – are left untouched by the New Testament. As time elapsed, the visible church lost its original simplicity and became enmeshed in a quagmire of ecclesiastical machinery and… Continue reading
The True Church
The True Church
by J.C. Ryle
I want you to belong to the one true Church: to the Church outside of which there is no salvation. I do not ask where you go on a Sunday; I only ask, “Do you belong to the one true Church?”
WHERE is this one true Church? What is this one true Church like? What are the marks by which this one true Church may be known? You may well ask such questions.… Continue reading
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