READER'S EXCHANGE

 

We must discontinue our unscriptural practice of relegating women to roles of second class citizenship in God’s kingdom. We must allow them the rightful use of their experience and abilities in their “reasonable service” to God. Surely the Father is pleased when he “hears them, “his female children as well as males.—Jim Gregory, Fresno, Ca.

The biggest obstacle to unity is fear. When people have no assurance of salvation they tend to draw lines that if followed will give them that assurance. If the lines you draw are different from the ones I draw, somebody has to be wrong, and so we divide. If we were less concerned with religion and more concerned with being Christ-like, our arguments and line drawing would fade.—David Himes, Burke, Va.

I appreciate all you do to wake us up and shake us up and make us once again a true unity movement. I have read Fudge’s book on The Fire That Consumes and appreciate your article on the same subject. There are probably more who believe this way than we realize.—Bob Tinsley, South Bend, In.

I am late in sending in my renewal, but what can you expect from one who just had his 84th birthday. At my age I don’t buy green bananas any more!—D. W. Conley, Big Spring, Tx.

I can’t agree with Henry Webb when he says in his history book that the Churches of Christ will have to accept instrumental music in a 21st century world. That the early church sang acappella cannot be dismissed as tradition. Practically every major reformer except Luther (and almost Luther) rejected instrumental music, including Calvin, Zwingli, Roger Williams, and Wesley, the founder of Methodism.—Norman Parks, Murfreesboro, Tn.