Ken tells us in this article what his purpose is; namely to make the word of God fully known to us in the church. Ken was an outstanding Bible teacher. He was a real student of the Bible. It is interesting here that he eschews the scholarly Bible study, preferring a study whereby we together "hear" the contemporary word of God. I find no fault with this. I personally believe that we start with the scholarly exegesis and then move to the "so what" question of our reaction to the word. Ken moves on to an oft mentioned theme that all of the theological questions came about because the people lost their fervor. I find this kind of thinking prevalent in other teachers today when they think that they are closer to the early church than others. They then have to debunk all that has come in the 2000 years of church history. We know a lot about the early church; yet we are so ignorant about it. There were many dry periods throughout church history, but these were not the cause of solidifying doctrine. Questions come up. Even Ken's article itself is a clarifying of his calling. This is how doctrine begins to take form. This is not bad, it is good.
Bobby Dyal who appears periodically in these pages presents a neat little article. He starts by describing the firm grip of Peter in the healing of the lame man and then moves on to the main point of the article; we need to hold on to our brothers and sisters in the church.
Larry raises the question of whether we do things out of "good manners" or out of the motivation of love and concern for the other. He states that this is true not only with other people, but when we are worshipping God.
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Mcfoone attempts to find real security through friends
Clay Ford decries the emptiness of most of our Christmas activities. We live in a fallen world that really needs to experience the love of God. We must remember to demonstrate that love in our celebration of Christmas.
McFoone agrees with Clay!
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