READER'S EXCHANGE

 

We have a work camp and a health center in Jamaica that our congregation supports, and we plan to put in a new water system and repair roofing destroyed by "Gilbert." We have had several work parties to go there. We are delighted that our people are willing to pay their own way, supply their own material, and take off two weeks to make the trip and do the work. We have 20 or more adults and youth for such trips. —Forrest Haggard, Overland Park Christian Church, Overland Park, Ks. 66204

I sense a growing revolution against the institutional church and the professional clergy. If we can cling to the basic concerns of the primitive faith, it is all to the good. — Norman Parks, Murfreesboro, Tn.

I appreciate your advice about not leaving the Church of Christ. We need those who have overcome the sin of sectarianism. They should stay with us if at all possible. If all those who find freedom in Christ leave us, how will we make progress? We are much more effective working from within. Most of our folk want to love theⁱr brothers and sisters in other churches. They only need to be shown that it is OK to do so. — Eddie Creighton, Melbourne, Ar.

I love Restoration history, and your book on the subject is a treasure. I read it from an Old Path, United Kingdom stand-point, which makes me a hit difference from most. — Ivan Davidson, Glasgow Scotland.

Your article on not knowing the future, struck me that on an individual basis the Lord is coming soon for each of us, for our life is "as a vapor." He is coming soon for me, and for you, even if the judgment is 20,000 years away, for we have only a short time to live for God. Then it will be living with God. —Gene Peacock, Little Rock, Ar.

Two ministers given to arguing about their respective faiths were in a very heated discussion. "'That's all right," said one calmly. "We'll just agree to disagree. After all, we're both doing the Lord's work — you in your way and I in His." — Bulletin, Webster Groves Christian Church, St. Louis, Mo.

I praise God for your work and for those of like mind. Everywhere you look you see evidence of a fresh breeze blowing through God's temple--clearing away a lot of traditions and sectarian spirits.--Randy Massie, Louisville, Oh.

Once I opposed a brother to his face after he publicly maligned you and Carl Ketcherside, by name no less. His defense was to accuse me of being a disciple of the two of you. My reply was that I had only one Lord and Jesus was he, and it was only coincidental that I agree with you and Carl. It seems that people are now realizing that unity is a cardinal principle of sound doctrine. Thanks to you and Carl for the part you have played in effecting this trend.--Randy Travis, Madisonville, Ky.