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A Tri-Topic Debate

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As a bonus for you, our readers, we are presenting to you another FREE book, being added to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary.  As you probably already know, we post new books to the library each Tuesday, but this week, we’re doubling down and giving you a new book today as well!

Hart-Mansfield Debate

Lee P. Mansfield affirmed that (1) having separate Bible classes for different age groups, (2) using material prepared by others, and (3) having women teachers in the classes composed of children were all Scripturally authorized.

J.M. Hunt, on the other hand, affirmed that God provided every acceptable method of teaching in the Scriptures, and therefore (1) separate classes, (2) material provided by uninspired men, and (3) using women to teach any class were all sinful.

As with almost every debate, there are parts that could have been done better (and this is true on both sides of the debate), as well as some issues/arguments which weren’t addressed.  But this book provides some insight on some of the arguments used by some of those on each side of the disagreement.

We have made an enormous amount of corrections to this debate, including fixing spelling errors, typographical errors, incorrect Scripture references, some grammar, and some incorrect names (one of the writers appealed to what “Paul” said at Pentecost, and we’ve corrected that to “Peter,” so that the writer’s mistake doesn’t take away from the point he was trying to make).

We hope that you will find this debate to be interesting and will help you if you ever happen to find yourself in a discussion of one of these three topics.

Hart-Mansfield Debate on Classes

-Bradley S. Cobb

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Mormonism Exposed!

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Over the past 180 years, Mormonism has slowly grown to be viewed as just another religious group by several Americans (albeit with some strange teachings).  However, we must not allow ourselves to be tricked into thinking that the Mormons are our brethren in Christ, or that somehow what they teach is acceptable with God.  These honest, sincere people have put their trust in a false religious system that cannot save them!

We’ve already made available a debate on Mormonism here.  But we’d like to share with you another book which shows the insidious nature and origin of this creation of the devil.

With that in mind, we’re happy to announce the latest addition to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary: Mormonism Exposed! by LaRoy Southerland.

Originally published in 1842, the full title of this book is:

MORMONISM EXPOSED
In Which Is Shown The Monstrous Imposture, The Blasphemy, And The Wicked Tendency, Of That
ENORMOUS DELUSION
Advocated By A Professedly Religious Sect, Calling Themselves “Latter-Day Saints.”

In it, you will find statements by people who knew Joseph Smith prior to his supposed discovery of the golden plates that he claimed to translate.  You will see many of their doctrines, and how they carried them out.  You will see how their doctrines flatly contradict the Bible.

Souls are being lost to this religion daily.  It is important to arm yourself to help fight back against their false doctrines.

To download or to read online, click the link below:

Mormonism Exposed (LaRoy Sunderland)

-Bradley S. Cobb

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Catholicism vs. Freedom

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“Are you listening?”

That was the catch-phrase of V.E. Howard for many years in his radio addresses.  And that phrase shows up several times in today’s FREE eBook, written by brother Howard.

Today’s addition to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary is a collection of radio sermons by V.E. Howard on the dangers of Catholicism, exposing the true motives behind the Catholic Church from their own words and writings.

CatholicismVsFreedom

To read this free book, or to download it for future reading, just click the link below!  As always, we have taken the time to correct any typos we found, as well as give the entire work a face-lift!

Catholicism vs. Freedom (V.E. Howard)

-Bradley S. Cobb

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Sermons for the People (free eBook)

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As a special treat, we are doubling up this week with new additions to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary!

SermonsForThePeople

Today’s inclusion is a collection of sermons by a man named William Henry Book, and was originally published in 1918.  While you might not have heard of him before, you’ll probably enjoy the fourteen lessons contained in this book.  They are easy to understand, but cover some important topics.

Contents

  1. “In The Beginning God”—Gen. 1:1.
  2. The Bible God’s Word.
  3. Jesus Christ The Son Of God.
  4. Spiritual Worship.
  5. Christ’s Prayers.
  6. Lord, Teach Us To Pray.
  7. Prayer a Necessity.
  8. Prayers Answered.
  9. That Tongue of Mine.
  10. The Home.
  11. Now And Hereafter
  12. What We Are—What We Shall Be.
  13. Where are Our Dead?.
  14. Heavenly Recognition

To download this free eBook, or to read it online, just click the link below!  And as always, we’ve completely reformatted it and corrected any typos we found along the way.  Enjoy!

Sermons for the People (William Henry Book)

-Bradley S. Cobb

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The Jackson-Iler Debate on Mormonism

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Sometimes when you read a debate, your eyes are opened.  Oftentimes we assume that we understand where the other side is coming from, when in actuality, it’s different than we thought–and that’s important for us to realize, because sometimes we can spend all our time arguing against something they don’t really believe in the first place.

Today’s new addition to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary is the Bill Jackson, John Iler debate on Mormonism.  Bill Jackson described the events that led to the debate as follows:

In June, 1984, Mr. John R. Iler, Jr. wrote me after reading my debate with James Crackin, an atheist, as that debate was featured in an issue of THRUST magazine. A friend of Mr. Iler’s, in Kentucky, had obtained a copy of THRUST and had forwarded it on to him.

Mr. Iler stated that he was involved in a missionary endeavor of the Latter-Day Saints, and was one of the “Seventy in the Church.” He stated that he was currently working on a manuscript in defense of the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and asked if I would be interested in debating “Mormonism.” I then accepted, and in our correspondence plans were made to have the debate printed in this present form.

We trust that all who read this will gain benefit, and we express our thanks to Mr. Iler for his willingness to defend those things he believes.

-Bill Jackson

Not being thoroughly studied-up on Mormonism, there were some arguments put forth that I hadn’t heard before, and some valid criticisms leveled on each side.

I wish this debate could have been longer and certain issues addressed (there were arguments completely ignored by both sides, unfortunately), but it is a good overall treatment of the topics.

Proposition 1: The Book of Mormon is Inspired
Proposition 2: The Bible is God’s Final Revelation to Mankind

As always, we’ve taken this book and completely reformatted it, correcting any typos that appeared in the original and giving it a fresher look.

To read online, or to download to your computer/tablet/phone/etc… just click the link below!

Jackson-Iler Debate on Mormonism

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Baptism in Spirit and in Fire

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One of the larger religious groups in the United States talk about wanting to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, and baptized into fire.  They don’t have a clue what they’re asking for, because baptism in fire is not a good thing (Matthew 3:10-12).

James Challen, a preacher from generations ago, wrote a small book on this exact topic, and we are proud to add it today as part of the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary.

To download it or read it online, just click the link below!

Challen – Baptism in Spirit and in Fire

-Bradley S. Cobb

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The Church and Sound Doctrine

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It used to be that any lectureship book put out by a college associated with the churches of Christ was worth getting, and was filled with great, sound material.  Unfortunately, that’s not the case anymore.

But, what we are offering you today is from a time when it was.

Today’s addition to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary is called “The Church and Sound Doctrine,” and is a selection of lectures from the 1947 Biblical Forum and Lectureship at Pepperdine College.

The contents are as follows:

  1. Defining The Subject: The Church And Sound Doctrine
    (W.B. West, Jr.).
  2. Imperatives Of The Christian Way
    (Hugh M. Tiner).
  3. Some Christian Fundamentals
    (E.V. Pullias).
  4. Conversion Of Saul Of Tarsus
    (Frank Pack).
  5. The Deity Of Jesus
    (R.G. Wilburn).
  6. The Inspiration Of The Scripture
    (Wade Ruby).
  7. The Miracles Of Jesus And Modern Disbelief
    (R.G. Wilburn).
  8. What Is A Christian?
    (Hubert G. Derrick).
  9. “Some Dangers Confronting The Church”
    (Joseph W. White).
  10. When Unity Ceases
    J. Herman Campbell).
  11. The Second Coming Of Christ: Premillennial?
    (Wade Ruby).
  12. What Is A Christian College?
    (George Pepperdine)

To read it online or download for future enjoyment, simply click on the link below:

1947 Pepperdine Mini-Lectures

-Bradley S. Cobb

Books

An Exposition of Hebrews

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Before [amazon text=Alexander Campbell&asin=1491004711] came to the United States, he studied for a short time with a man from Scotland who, along with his brother, were trying to restore the purity and practice of the church as found in the pages of the New Testament.  His name was [amazon text=James Haldane&asin=1491004711], and along with his brother, Robert, these two men had a much larger effect on the thinking of Campbell than they are given credit for.

Prior to his death in 1851, James Haldane had written an exposition (commentary) of the letter to the Hebrews.  The book wasn’t published until nine years later.

However, this book is very worthwhile to the student of God’s word, which is why we have taken the time (around 30 hours of dedicated work) to fix the mistakes, correct some mistaken verse references, and completely reformat it to make it easy for you to use.

If, like us, you use e-Sword, we’ve also made this book available in that format as well.  And because we like real books, too, we’ve also made it available in paperback as well (as part of our “The Restoration Movement Library” Collection) [amazon text=here&asin=0692667903].

To download, or to read it online, just click the proper link below:

Haldane, James – Hebrews

(e-Sword) Haldane, James – Hebrews

-Bradley S. Cobb

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The Age of Enquiry

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The history of the effort to restore the church as found in the New Testament is full of interesting people and events. [amazon text=Abner Jones&asin=1490907394] was a doctor who eventually gave up his profitable medical practice to be a full-time evangelist. [amazon text=Alexander Campbell&asin=1491004711] was begged by influential men of most the major denominations to be their representative in a debate against a well-known atheist.  There are several [amazon text=other men&asin=1491056983] whose lives are worth reading about.

For more information, check out some of the books in the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary.

Today, however, we are bringing you a book written by Elias Smith, called “The Age of Enquiry.”  In this relatively short book (76 pages), a series of questions are asked by an “enquirer” about different biblical topics, and they are all answered from Scripture.  The second half deals with comparisons between what the denominations practiced and what the Bible says.  And part three deals with the significance of the name “Christian.”

The Age of Enquiry: Part I

  1. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN ENQUIRER AND A CHRISTIAN.
  2. ENQUIRY. Concerning The Church Of Christ,  Called “Christians.”
  3. ENQUIRY. Concerning The Rule  For Christians To Walk By.
  4. ENQUIRY. Concerning Baptism.
  5. ENQUIRY. Concerning The Lord’s Supper.
  6. ENQUIRY. Concerning The Officers In Christ’s Church.
  7. ENQUIRY. Concerning What Christ’s Ministers Preached To The World, Being Sent By Him
  8. ENQUIRY. Concerning Public Worship.
  9. ENQUIRY. Concerning The Meaning Of The Word Bishop.

The Age of Enquiry: Part II

  1. Ancient and Modern Things concerning Ministers.
  2. Ancient And Modern Things Concerning Baptism.
  3. Ancient And Modern Things Concerning Churches.

The Age of Enquiry: Part III

  1. A SERMON, On The Sacred Import of The Word “Christian.”

We think you will find some worthwhile material in this book, which is why we took the time to completely revitalize it: correcting the mistakes, fixing the formatting, and making it fully searchable.

to download it or to read it online, simply click the link below!

The Age of Enquiry (Elias Smith)

-Bradley S. Cobb

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The Christian Light

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It’s Tuesday, which means yet another addition to the Jimmie Beller Memorial eLibrary!

Today, we are happy to present to you some issues of a periodical that had several well-known authors in it.  B.C. Goodpasture, Guy N. Woods, G.K. Wallace, Ben Vick, Wendell Winkler, Wayne Jackson, Robert Taylor, Rod Rutherford, and many more!  It is The Christian Light, edited by J. Noel Merideth.

If anyone happens to have copies of this publication that we haven’t made available, and would be willing to either scan them or send them to us to be scanned, please contact us and let us know!

To download these to your computer, or read them online, just click the links below:

Christian Light (July, 1986)

  • The New American Standard (J. Noel Merideth)
  • We have Made a Mistake (Max R. Miller)
  • An Open Letter to Alan Cloyd (Rod Rutherford)
  • A Happy Homemaker (Cheryl Lambert)
  • E.R. Harper (1898-1986)
  • Had There Been No Bethlehem (E.R. Harper)
  • How Lovely the Morning (poem)
  • Three Words (Allen Ashlock)
  • Updates
  • When a Spouse Dies (poem)

 

Christian light (October, 1988)

  • McCord Changes Again (J. Noel Merideth)
  • The “Image” of Apostasy (Wayne Jackson)
  • The Deity of Jesus in Psalms (Robert R. Taylor, Jr.)
  • Chinese Superstitions (M.H. Tucker)
  • On the Elusiveness of Sleep (Dan Harless)
  • Will History Repeat Itself? (James Wilford Nickens)
  • The Revised Standard Version  (B.C. Goodpasture)
  • The Genuineness of Mark 16:9-20 (Guy N. Woods)
  • Advice to Elders (G.K. Wallace)
  • Charles Holt and the Lord’s Church (Ben F. Vick, Jr.)
  • Can We Fall From Grace? (Vera Benefield)
  • The Soul Winner’s Divine Assurances (Wendell Winkler)