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I appreciate Restoration Review, even when I disagree with you. You cause me to think and that is stimulating. - Ken Wellman, Normanda Christian Church, Tipton, IN.

Your article on the baptism of the Holy Spirit grieved me. I see a man of God being “short changed” through his intellectual approach to the scriptures. You are indeed a Christian and not a second-rate one. You also have the Holy Spirit as does every believer, but you are not Spirit filled. You can’t receive what you don’t believe! —Jo Holland, Abilene, TX.

(Perhaps one cannot receive what he does not believe, but might one in receiving Christ receive blessings that he has not yet realized? 1 Cor. 3:16 suggests that some of the Corinthians had received the Holy Spirit but did not realize it. Just as a naturalized citizen has the right to vote but may not yet know it —Ed.)

You will be happy to hear that a number of men from the Church of Christ met with a number from the Christian Church here in Seattle this week. The fellowship was grand. They plan to continue to meet together and study once a month. —Jim Shields, Seattle, WA.

Several from the Christian Church and Churches of Christ and one or two from the Disciples continue to meet in this area once a month. At one of our meetings it was pointed out that while the Bible colleges train us to be pastors we don’t know how to train others. That reminded me of a meeting with Elton Trueblood a few years back in which he observed that Eph. 4:11-16 teaches that the whole church is to be trained for ministry. Trueblood noted that the minister is to be something like a coach that trains others for the game. —Darrell Bolin, Lock Haven, PA.

It is refreshing to read a paper that makes you feel better when you read it versus one that makes you feel like everything you do or have done is wrong. —Mrs. Richard Wood, Houston, TX.