Gospel Guardian - Volume 8

Issue No. 1 — May 3, 1956

• The "Special"
• A Plea For Forbearance And A Willingness To Study
• Unity Of The Spirit
• The Church And Her Mission
• The Direct And Indirect Method
• The Scope And Limitation Of Elders' Authority
• The Benevolent Work Of The Church
• How To Establish Scriptural Authority
• The Church And Its Mission -- Edification
• What Are The Real Issues Involved In The Controversy Over "Institutionalism"?
• The Church And Human Organizations
• The Church And The Individual Christian
• The Sufficiency Of The Church
• How New Testament Churches "Cooperated"
• When Is A New Testament Example Exclusive?
• Congregational Cooperation Issue Duringthe Restoration Movement
• The Autonomy Of The Local Church
• The Overflow

Issue No. 3 — May 17, 1956

• Christian Unity: How Promoted, How Destroyed
• Cooperation In The Light Of Revelation
• Kentucky Bible College Premillennial
• Holland, Michigan
• Considering Church Authority
• "Does It Endanger Faith In Christ?
• "Good Publicity"
• Hayhurst Vs. The Lord
• Catholics Force Church Off Air
• Brother Lemmons Did Not Cooperate -- Not For A Hundred Dollars
• May I Commend Brother G. C. Brewer?
• "What Is Wrong With The Missionary Society?"
• Married
• Children's Homes Versus Preacher's Homes
• The Overflow
• News

Issue No. 4 — May 24, 1956

• Christian Unity: How Promoted, How Destroyed (II.)
• Why I Oppose Dancing
• Is Brother Phillips Guilty?
• A Tale Of Two Churches
• The Divine Plan
• "Go" And "Visit"
• Destructive Criticism Or Modernism
• What Destructive Criticism Destroys
• Bible Forum Not Adventist
• The Attitude Of Jesus
• Prejudiced Papers
• Brethren, "We" Are Growing!
• Cooperation Controversy In The Christian Church
• 1836 To 1956

Issue No. 5 —

• May 31, 1956,
• As You Like It
• The Brotherhood Contribution For Jerusalem
• A Proposed Solution
• Some Questions Reviewed
• The Lexington Debate
• The Wedding March Has Begun
• What Destructive Criticism Destroys (II.)
• News
• The Overflow

Issue No. 6 — June 7, 1956

• Christian Unity: The Voice Of The Reformers (IV.)
• The Mormon Takes A Wife
• "Keep Thy Heart With All Diligence" — Proverbs 4:23
• They Are Doing It Already
• Questions On The Church's Obligation To Orphans
• An Interesting Correspondence
• We Have Miracles In Our Own Church Of Christ
• "Show Us The Right Way"
• Attempted Roman Catholic
• The Right To Become A Christian
• Majority And The Minority
• Alexander Campbell And E. R. Harper
• "Orphan" Not Found In New Testament
• The New Testament. The True Testament

Issue No. 7 — June 14, 1956

• Why Preach The Gospel?
• Methodists Missing The Mark
• An Actual Example Of Roman Catholic "Evidence"
• How Does One "Receive Christ"?
• "If You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again"
• "Grape-Nuts," "Christian Science" And "Infant Baptism"
• Questions On The Church's Obligation To Orphans (II.)
• Is It A Miniature Society?
• Is The Bible Worthy Of Our Confidence?
• The Unity Of The Spirit (VII.)
• Christian Unity -- The Voice Of The Reformers (V)
• The Sinner's Prayer
• The Overflow
• News

Issue No. 8 — June 21, 1956

• Christian Unity -- The Voice Of The Reformers (VI.)
• "Make It As Sure As You Can"
• The Utility Of Debates
• Boll Is Dead: Premillennialism Is Not
• Meditations At A Grave
• "Cooperation Between New Testament Churches"
• Obituary For Allen K Johnson, Gospel Preacher
• "When Is A Person 'Riding A Hobby Horse?'
• Gates Of Hades Shall Not Prevail
• "Building Sanctuaries"
• Was The Missionary Society Founded To Control The Churches?
• News
• "There Is A Prince And A Great Man Fallen This Day In Israel" - 2 Sam. 3:38

Issue No. 9 — June 28, 1956

• Christian Unity: How Promoted, How Destroyed (VII.)
• Roman Catholicism: Is It Apostolic?
• Bound By A Broken Bond?
• Response To The "Special Issue"
• "Prepare To Meet Thy God"
• "We Be Brethren"
• "Cooperation Between New Testament Churches"
• A Sound Church Program
• The Overflow
• Reading The Bulletins
• News

Issue No. 10 — July 12, 1956

• Christian Unity: How Promoted, How Destroyed (VIII.)
• "Grape-Nuts," "Christian Science" And "Infant Baptism" (II.)
• God's "Blue-Print"
• Confession
• "They Saw No Man, Save Jesus Only" -- Matthew 17:8
• A Picture Of Salvation?
• "The Missionary Society"
• "Cooperation Between New Testament Churches"
• Roman Catholicism: Is It Apostolic?
• News
• Are You A Christian?

Issue No. 11 — July 19, 1956

• Christian Unity: Opinions In Religion (IX.)
• The New Testament Church (I)
• "Pure Religion"
• If They Are Expedient, What Then?
• "But By Equality"
• "Cooperation Between New Testament Churches"
• Are Debates Sinful?
• God's Impartiality
• Proscribed
• The Overflow...
• "A Question"
• Reading The Bulletins
• News

Issue No. 12 — July 26, 1956

• Christian Unity: Opinions Versus Faith (X)
• "The Church Can"
• Letters To Lanier (II.)
• The Lesser Of Two Evils
• "I Think"
• The New Testament Church (II.)
• "Cooperation Between New Testament Churches"
• News
• Letter To Thomas B. Warren
• A Hard Job, But Why?
• Overton's Orphanage Offering
• Opinion

Issue No. 13 — August 2, 1956

• Christian Unity: An Opinion As Private Property (XI.)
• "Justifying Orphan Homes" -- Considered
• Letters To Lanier (III.)
• Patterns And Patternmakers
• The New Testament Church (III.)
• A Premium On Stubbornness
• This Young Man Needs Help
• News
• Reading The Bulletins
• The Overflow
• Hard Sayings Of Jesus

Issue No. 14 — August 9, 1956

• Christian Unity: Recapitulation (XII.)
• The Unity Of The Spirit
• Is Christian Church Baptism Valid?
• The Body Of Christ
• To Dwell With God
• You Can't Have One Without The Other
• News
• "We Be Brethren"
• What Is A Christian?
• Does It Make Any Difference?
• Concerning Catholic Teaching
• Nonconversions

Issue No. 15 — August 16, 1956

• Christian Unity: Conclusion (XIII.)
• Big Things In A Big Way?
• "Keep The Issue Clear!"
• The Deed That Will Live In Infamy
• The Contract That Was Violated
• The New Testament Church (IV.)
• Concerning "The Pattern"
• School - Church Lending Agency
• Reading The Bulletins
• The Overflow

Issue No. 16 — August 23, 1956

• Divorce -- A Growing Menace To The Church
• Worship Of The Church
• "The Orphan Has Some Rights You Know"
• The Authority Of God's Word
• Controversy In The Church
• The Church -- What Next?
• "Some Modern Attitudes Toward Authority"
• The Church And Worldliness
• "By-Laws Or Human Creeds?"
• The Work Of The Church

Issue No. 17 — August 30, 1956

• Why The Current Controversy On Acts 20:7
• Way Of Knowing God
• "Disciples" And "Church"
• Covington, Georgia
• False And Vicious Charges
• Charter Of Nashville Bible School, Now David Lipscomb College -- (I)
• Brother Key -- Mistaken Or Misunderstood?
• Organization
• Adventures In Reading
• Church Of Christ

Issue No. 18 — September 6, 1956

• "My Defense To Them That Examine Me"
• Brother Lyles And The "Special Issue"
• Dont's For Doers
• The Unanswerable Argument
• Miscellaneous Selections
• "Hale-Ing" Highland's Elders
• "The Spirit Of Christ"
• Charter Of Nashville Bible School -- (II.)
• The Need Of Argumentation
• The Subtlety Of Sin
• Overflow
• Douthitt-Warren Debate

Issue No. 19 — September 13, 1956

• If Christ Hath Not Been Raised
• The New Testament Church (V)
• The Divinity Of The Church Of Christ
• The Church Today And The Plan Of Salvation
• A Parable Of Five Farmers
• Charter Of The Nashville Bible School (III.)
• Conversion Of Saul
• McGarvey Answers Some Questions
• Why Did The Spirit Come Upon Cornelius?
• The Overflow

Issue No. 20 — September 20, 1956

• Here And There With Guy N. Woods (I)
• "An Aim That Got The Job Done" A Reply
• "Ye Know Not What Ye Ask"
• Offend In One Point -- Guilty Of All
• Patton's Article In The "Special"
• "Pure Religion"
• How To Establish Scriptural Authority
• The "Herald Of Gospel Liberty"
• I Have A Question Doctor
• "Blessed Are The Dead"
• The New Testament Church (VI.)
• A Case In Point
• "A Lump In The Throat"
• News

Issue No. 21 — September 27, 1956

• Here And There With Guy N. Woods (II.)
• A Dream Comes True
• "Christian Church" Baptism -- A Reply
• What The Relationship Of Congregations?
• Miscellaneous Selections
• Keeping The Record Straight
• The Will Of God
• An Open Letter To Frank Cawyer, Highland Elder
• Reading The Bulletins
• The Overflow

Issue No. 22 — October 4, 1956

• An Editor Condemns Himself
• "Growing Bigger To Serve Better"
• Why Be Baptized?
• The Truth Between Extremes
• Clouding The Issue
• "A Million For Manhattan"
• Are We "Speaking To Warn"?
• "From Faith Unto Faith"
• Reading The Bulletins
• From "What Then" To The Ridiculous
• News

Issue No. 23 — October 11, 1956

• Here And There With Guy N. Woods (III.)
• An Orphan Home Is An Institution
• The Grider - Barb Debate
• Jesus And Pilate's Wife
• Considering A Christian
• The Revelation Of The Will Of God
• A Little Of This And A Little Of That
• The Place Of Baptism In God's Plan
• Yosemite Meeting
• "Why A Priest Is Called 'Reverend Father'
• Sprinkle, Pour, Immerse?
• Miscellaneous Selections

Issue No. 24 — October 18, 1956

• Who Were Baptized?
• Marriage With A Roman Catholic . . . Becoming 'Unequally Yoked'
• I Took My Brother's Advice
• Reason For Delay
• "Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny"
• Gospel Advocate's Irritation In The Vestibule
• Reading The Bulletins
• The Christian Home
• May Churches Cooperate?
• A Church Of Christ Hospital
• "Segregation, What About It?"
• With God Sins Are Not All Alike
• The Overflow

Issue No. 25 — October 25, 1956

• Elders In God's Churches
• Catholicism Suffers When Anti-Gambling Laws Are Enforced
• An Aim That Really Did Get The Job Done
• Who Are The "Box-In-The-Vestibule" Brethren?
• Anybody Want To Answer This?
• The Opportunity Of York College
• "Holy Spirit Baptism"
• Truth
• Anywhere, U.S.A. October 15, 1966
• "The Pattern -- Again" -- And Again
• "Exegetical Analysis Of The Epistles With Notes"
• Correction
• Modernism And The Ancient Gospel
• Would This Be Scriptural?
• Are We "Merely Assuming"?
• The Overflow
• News
• Tipton Orphan Home Loses Court Battle

Issue No. 26 — November 1, 1956

• Why So Many Divorces?
• The Completeness And Adequacy Of The "Will Of God" (III.)
• H. Leo Boles On "The Way Of Unity"
• The Richmond - Highland Correspondence
• How Far To Rome?
• Reading The Bulletins
• Adventures In Reading
• An Interesting Correspondence
• Excerpts
• Herald Of Truth Versus Bible Classes
• The Authority Of Christ
• Paying Off The Pope!
• News

Issue No. 27 — November 8, 1956

• Here And There With Guy N. Woods (IV.)
• "Are Catholics Christians?"
• The Foundation Of The Church
• "As A Tale That Is Told"
• The Authority Of Men
• What Must I Do To Be Saved?
• Doing The Will Of God
• The Moyer - Rudd Debate
• What Next?
• The Overflow
• Advice
• Adventures In Reading
• God's Plan Of Salvation
• Thrice Right But Once Wrong
• "Faceless"

Issue No. 28 — November 15, 1956

• Here And There With Guy N. Woods (V)
• Properly Viewing The Church
• The Preacher And His Debts
• Report By Brother Gateley
• The Truth About Those Orphan Children
• Is Acts 20:25 An Inspired Statement?
• According To Ability
• News From Here And There
• "Campbellite - Campbellism" And "Anti Anti-Ism"
• "Let Us Not Try To Change Others"
• News

Issue No. 29 — November 22, 1956

• "The Lord's Prayer"
• "An Uproar"
• Bedlam In Bakersfield
• An Open Letter To J. D. Rothwell
• Judah And Simeon: "Orphan Homes" And "Sponsoring Church"
• Christian Church Baptism -- Again
• Adventures In Good Reading
• The Overflow
• News

Issue No. 30 — November 29, 1956

• Here And There With Guy N. Woods (VI.)
• The "No Pattern" Argument Of Modernism
• The All-Sufficiency Of God's Church
• Modernism In Chicago
• "Priest Needed"
• Reading The Bulletins
• High Pressure
• My Reply To Brother G. K. Wallace
• Resolving Differences
• "The Sign Of The Cross"

Issue No. 31 — December 6, 1956

• Normal Action Versus Emergency Action
• Some Observations And Questions
• Adventrues In Good Reading
• Are You Against Saving The Lost Of The World?
• Authority For Expediencies
• Organization, Not Method
• The Church — Her Structure And Life
• Right Things May Be Perverted And Become Sinful; But Many Things Are Inherently Wrong, Or Sinful
• "Assuming A Work"
• The Distinctiveness Of The Mission Of The Church
• Observations Through The Years (II.)
• The Overflow
• Is It A Good Idea?

Issue No. 32 — December 13, 1956

• The Menace Of Catholicism
• The Gospel Does Not Change
• The Bible — Humanity's Greatest Heritage
• Is One Church As Good As Another?
• The Pope For A 'Pen Pal'
• Observations Through The Years (III.)
• A Later Report On The East Bakersfield Trouble
• Why The Eunuch Rejoiced After Baptism
• Billy Graham And The Bible
• "Walking Among The Candlesticks"
• The Unofficial And Unwritten Creed Of The Church Of Christ

Issue No. 33 — December 20, 1956

• The "Total Situation" Argument
• "A Reply To Brother Echols"
• "Segregation, What About It"
• Uniting With A Congregation
• A Rebuttal Of Warren's Affirmative
• "A Categorical Deductive Syllogism"
• Reading The Bulletins
• "Brother Lewis Didn't Answer"
• "Billions For Bakersfield"
• The Overflow
• Brother Lewis Didn't Answer

Issue No. 34 — January 3, 1957

• Creative Thinking
• An Open Letter To Brother Yater Tant
• Open Reply To An Open Letter
• Adventures In Good Reading!
• Olsen Park Church Of Christ "Wildcat Or Grizzly Bear"?
• Letters
• Not Misunderstanding But Unbelief
• Who Is Muddying The Water?
• They Will Be Fellowshipped
• "Some Problems Facing The Church As Seen After Twenty-Three Years"
• Reading The Bulletins
• News

Issue No. 35 — January 10, 1957

• How To Identify Christ's Church
• An Open Letter To Brother Yater Tant (II.)
• An Open Reply To An Open Letter (II.)
• "Ash Wednesday" . . . . Its Origin!
• God's Greatest Work
• Catholics And Masons -- Tit For Tat
• Do We Really Have A Choice?
• Heirs Of God And Joint Heirs With Jesus Christ
• Follow Jesus
• Roman Catholicism's .... "Feast Of Asses"
• The All-Sufficiency Of
• Vital Information Sought
• The Overflow
• News

Issue No. 36 — January 17, 1957

• The Craze For Degrees
• "Is Religious Debate Authorized Or Condemned?" (I)
• Their Thirst Was Quenched, But Moses Did Not Follow The Pattern
• The Louisville Debate
• "Mary Is The Most"
• Letters
• No Headquarters On Earth???
• What Is Your View Of Life?
• Reading The Bulletins
• Open Letter To Brother J. R. Clark
• Concerning Church Buildings
• A Tragedy Of November 17, 1956
• Woods - Porter Debate
• News

Issue No. 37 — January 24, 1957

• Premillennialists Fellowship Denominations
• What's Wrong With "Modern Religion"?
• The Militance Of Modernism
• Signs Of Progress
• "Is Religious Debate Authorized Or Condemned?" (II.)
• "My Father's House"
• A Stand For Truth
• "Am I Become Your Enemy?"
• Ancient Landmarks
• The Overflow
• Is Jesus Christ In The Flesh Today?
• News

Issue No. 38 — January 31, 1957

• Some Questions -- And Answers
• "Is Religious Debate Authorized Or Condemned?" (III.)
• The Autonomy Of The Church
• Salacious Literature
• The Denominations Do It!
• The Moyer - Osborne Debate
• Reading The Bulletins
• Treasure , In Earthen Vessels
• "I Predict"
• A Discussion Of Congregational Cooperation
• The Catholics Are At It Again!,

Issue No. 39 — February 7, 1957

• Some Questions -- And Answers (U)
• "A Reply To Brother Coffman"
• "Boring From Within"
• Let Us Try To Go To Heaven
• "Clergyman"?
• Meeting Houses For Poor Churches
• A New Standard Of Faithfulness
• Salacious Literature (II.)
• About These Brotherhood Singings
• Show Us How It Can Be Done
• The Overflow
• Adventures In Good Reading

Issue No. 40 — February 14, 1957

• Choosing A Way To Be Saved
• What Did Cornelius Do?
• Baptist Baptism Vs Bible Baptism
• The Silence Of The Scriptures
• When Will The Book Be Published?
• "Pattern Or Example"
• The Word Of God
• Reading The Bulletins
• Why Doesn't The Church Of Christ Use Instrumental Music In Church Worship?
• Even Roman Catholics Must Depend Upon 'Private Judgment'!
• Christ Said It
• Building According To The Pattern
• Adventures In Reading
• A Tribute To A Man -- J. H. Brewer

Issue No. 41 — February 21, 1957

• "You Cannot Argue With A Demonstration"
• Critics And Criticisms
• Consistency?
• My Visit To Freed - Hardeman College
• Logical Reasoning
• The Same Old Tricks
• Conduct Unbecoming In An Elder
• Preview Of Another Misrepresentation
• The Problem Of Suffering
• To Whom It May Concern:
• The Overflow

Issue No. 42 — February 28, 1967

• Preaching: A Critical Study (I)
• Is This The Bible Way?
• Proven Guilty
• The Mountain Meadows Massacre
• The Rule Of Uniformity And The Messengers
• How Shall We Visit The Fatherless?
• It's A Shame!
• Warren Revives Romish Scholasticism
• "The World Owes Me A Living!"
• Reading The Bulletins
• Birds Of A Feather
• Catholicism And The "Apostles' Creed"

Issue No. 43 — March 7, 1957

• Preaching: A Critical Study (II.)
• Are They Parallel?
• A Debate Refused
• Let Paul Explain It
• Segregation Reviewed By Leading Magazine
• The Mission Of The Church
• The Truth First
• The Overflow
• The Church's Obligation
• News

Issue No. 44 — March 14, 1957

• Preaching: A Critical Study (III.)
• The Lord's Supper
• The Devil's Devices
• Obedience To God -- What It Is Not; What It Is
• Why I Am Not A Campbellite
• Authority Of Christ
• Conviction Of Sin
• "Freedom" And "Censorship" As Defined By Roman Catholicism
• Reading The Bulletins

Issue No. 45 — March 21, 1957

• Preaching: A Critical Study (IV.)
• We Have Moved
• Consistency And The Teaching Of Example
• Something Constructive
• The Church And Recreation
• "Good Sense Of Our Grand
• "His Position"
• Browsing Through Old Papers
• Prove All Things
• The Overflow
• News

Issue No. 46 — March 28, 1957

• Preaching: A Critical Study (V)
• The Great Jerusalem Lectureship
• False Doctrine Mares Strange Bedfellows
• A Question Of Fact
• The Modern Bible
• Problems In The Eldership
• Eating Humble Pie
• An Autobiography
• Reading The Bulletins
• News
• Change

Issue No. 47 — April 4, 1957

• Preaching: A Critical Study (VI.)
• Some Interesting Things At Paragould
• The Church Of Christ Needy Family Society
• Man's Museum
• The Divine Organization Of The Church (I)
• Mystery Of Iniquity Works Again
• Is This "Hobbyism"?
• Brother Lemmons On Easter
• Unrestrained Use Of The Exclamation Point!
• The Overflow

Issue No. 48 — April 11, 1957

• Preaching A Critical Study (VII.)
• Conviction Of Sin (II.)
• Faith And Expediency
• Letters To A Mormon No. 1
• One Fold And One Shepherd
• What's Wrong With The Baptist Church?
• "The Foolishness Of Preaching Vs Foolish Preaching"
• Will The Book Be Printed?
• Can One Be Saved And Not Be A Member Of The Lord's Church?
• Reading The Bulletins

Issue No. 49 — April 18, 1957

• A Great Service Rendered
• Expediency Again
• "Antis, Semi-Antis, Semi-Pros And Pros"
• Champion Of Journalistic Integrity
• The Hogland - Clement Debate
• Authority For Expediencies Again
• Browsing Through Old Papers
• Manliness
• True Progress
• The Overflow
• News

Issue No. 50 —

• Walk In The Light Of God

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