Recently I was told about a person who visited a certain congregation. She only visited one time and never returned. About a month later, one of the church members saw the visitor and invited her to come back to services again. The visitor’s response was “the worship service was just not what I was looking...Continue reading
Author: McKinley Pate
The Seed of Woman
A curious expression occurs in Genesis 3:15 that might easily escape the notice of the inattentive reader.1 The verse reads: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” This prediction is uttered in context by...Continue reading
Closing the Coffin Lid
The coroner closed the door, and another death was recorded. Years earlier a diagnosis had been made and treatment was started. For months doctors tried to get the patient turned around and moving in the right direction. Lab work and scans were ordered, but often the results were ignored or overlooked. A specialist was brought...Continue reading
Back to the Bible
As one looks at the religious landscape, it can be confusing. One may ask, how did religion get in this position? There are over 33,000 different churches within the United States today. All teach different doctrines and worship God in different ways. Just looking at it all makes one’s head spin. However, this was not...Continue reading
One of the saddest stories I’ve ever heard
There were about seven of us sitting in a local restaurant telling tales, as men are known to do. We laughed together as some of the men shared embarrassing fishing stories. At some point the conversation drifted from fishing and trucks toward the more serious topic of families and children. I had been conducting a...Continue reading
Emotional Religion
[NOTE: The following was written by A.P. board member Frank Chesser.] Sin moved from the mind of Satan to the heart of Eve, destroyed her purity and innocence, soiled her soul with consequences for life, and broke the heart of God. Sin is the soothing sound of religious error that blinds the mind and calms...Continue reading
Our current situation
Our current society is in a complete downward spiral with regards to religion. A recent report states that most Americans (over half of the country) do not attend weekly church services. We have musical performances on network television that praise the altar of Satan, along with sin and immorality filling our children’s minds through cartoons...Continue reading