READERS' EXCHANGE

 

Your depiction of the Church of Christ: Yesterday and Today has been a delightful journey through time and distance, and I’ve appreciated your taking us along. Some stops along the way have shown pettiness and trial, but I believe that on the whole, because of yesterday and today, the Church of Christ of tomorrow will be even better.—Larry Jackson, Box 428, Round Rock, Tx. 78664.

Sharing your last two issues with my class motivated them to go for your group rate. Enclosed you will find my check and a list of subs.—Bill Logue, Rt. 2, Gallatin, Tn. 37066

(Ouida suggested that we include this from Bill as a suggestion to many others of you who might easily work up a club of subscribers. Only 1.00 per name per year in clubs of five or more. We are growing, but we’ll grow more if more concerned ones will pass the word along.—Ed.)

I would very much appreciate it if you could forward to me each month by surface mail any Christian magazines you have finished reading. We have very little good literature here and we cannot send money to the U.S.A. for subscription purposes. Anything you send will be read and passed around I can assure you. The majority of the blacks here are Moslems or Catholics. Of the whites 6% are Dutch Reformed, 20% Episcopal, 10% Methodist, and less than 1 % belong to the Church of Christ.—Purves N. Roux, 203 Main Rd., Maitland C. P., South Africa

(You might want to send an occasional package of literature to this faraway brother who would appreciate them so much.—Ed.)

I have completed a study of Galatians, which is a book on good news of liberty. I once thought that “the truth of the good news” referred to the totality of brotherhood interpretation, but now I see that it is the truth that Jesus has set us free from law, codes, rules—free to be His, free to serve Him. Now I know that my freedom in Jesus doesn’t depend upon anything except my own personal liberty to study for myself, hold my own convictions and speak those convictions as I see that it edifies the body of Jesus. —Name withheld

I especially enjoyed your “Enough is Enough!”- I was turned off when one paper made a big splash on its front page about a Methodist preacher who “saw the light” and turned “Church of Christ” down in Alabama. I was glad the Methodist preacher was immersed, but I certainly can’t see any point in splashing this on the front page. Would they do the same if a Church of Christ clergyman joined the Methodists?—Talmadge McNabb, 107 Country Club Rd., Willingboro, NJ 08046

Your article “Enough is Enough!” was almost enough for me. I thank God every day for the Marvin Bryants. His preaching of unity is certainly not bearing the fruit of division of the Leroy Garretts. —Jerry Hunt, 1824 Tamworth Dr., Charlotte, NC 28210 .