Restoration Review, Vol. 31, No. 5, May 1989

READERS' EXCHANGE

I thought it might interest you to know that two of your articles, one on hope and the other on bearing burdens, inspired me to compose these lines:

Though our trials distress and detain us,
And time may crawl creepingly on,
Still our hope can uphold and sustain us
Till the pressures of earth are all gone.
—Roy Harris, Crane, Mo.

Our congregation is in step with everything I've seen written in Restoration Review. If you know of Christians looking for a church home near Nashville (Forest Home Church of Christ is actually in Franklin, Tn.), you may want to have them contact me. — Thomas Carr, Rt. 1, Box 67, Spring Hill, Tn. 37174

I feel that one of the reasons why our Restoration Movement has failed is that we attempted to restore the New Testament church without understanding the restoration of God's people Israel. We have attempted to restore an historical linguistic understanding of a document (the New Testament) as totally disconnected from the people of the Book, Israel. The destiny of the Church and Israel are inseparably tied together. —Joseph Shulam, Jerusalem, Israel.

Your article "Inheriting the Earth" intimates that the fire might go out when the wicked are destroyed. Now I must have the book The Fire That Consumes by Edward Fudge. In my own study of this subject I too decided that the nature of God is involved. I can hardly wait to start reading Fudge's book. — Elizabeth Mansur, Bend, Or.

(Isn't it a blessing that books are not only informative and liberating but exciting as well? We recommend the book that Mrs. Mansur is eager to read to all of you. It will not only give you a fresh view of hell and judgment but of the nature of God as well. It can be ordered from us. See Book Notes.—Ed.)

Your writing has helped me immensely. It his brought me almost totally out of legalism. It feels so good! —Gordon Matthews, Manchester, Tn.