J.B. Stone – Heavenly Ground

HEAVENLY GROUND

Thoughts on 2 Timothy 1:8 and 15 

by

J. B. Stoney

“Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;”
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me…”
 

The great failure of the church was giving up Paul. “All… in Asia” did not give up evangelical truth but they gave up Paul; anything popular you may have, but not Paul. Why? Because he is heavenly. 

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How to Buy a Christian Book

Post Summary: This post will give you some guidelines and help towards making wise purchases on buying Christian books. No I am not promoting any particular book or Christian publisher in general, and I don’t mention any in general. These are general spiritual and common sense guidelines.

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How we esteem God’s Word

This is a poem, Side by Side, which is a short poem having to do with our utter dependence on “the TV Guide” because the TV saturates our life, but the Bible is hardly even a consideration in anything in our life.

Are Mission Boards biblical?

I would refer you to an article by Church of Christ, John William McGarvey, “Missionary Societies” (1868), in which he argues that missionary societies are a modern invention which is unbiblical.

I think the issue here is very well put by McGarvey, when he argues that we are not at liberty to “invent” new conventions, organizations, and methods (especially not changing the content of the gospel message).

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