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A Time to Speak
By Haskell Chesshir
A Time to Grow
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A Time to Build
By Jim Hollingsworth
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with the very same results as in the first centurj'
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Chronicle.
The world must hear the situation of your con-
gregation just as we read in the New Testament
I don’t need them. Anyhow, I already know more
about the Bible than the one teaching the class.”
The actual reason for this response is a mixture
of conceit and laziness. Furthermore, an adult Bible
class is not a situation in which one person stands
before the class and spoons out pre-digested Bib-
lical information to a group sitting around him,
hoping some will have their mouths open to take
it in.
Rather, an adult Bible class, properly conducted,
is a situation in which a group of people come
together to study and discuss a passage of scripture
(or a scripture topic) for their mutual enrichment and
upbuilding. Well-informed stay-at-home Christians
must be there to contribute to their fellow students,
as well as to a possibly poorly-informed teacher or
' leader. They should be there to “do their bit.”
A majority of adult Bible classes are of the lecture
type, with an occasional question or a comment
from members of the class—in some cases. Even
this type, still has something to offer.
It is a fact too well known to merit discussion
that good learning needs the contract of various
minds.
We need to whet our ideas against those of our
fellowmen.
Private study needs to be supplemented thusly;
otherwise, we develop defective biased ideas to
which we become unduly attached.
We learn even from those who disagree with us.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “Love your enemy,
for he is the only person who will tell you your
faults.”
news such as will be carried in the
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The wise man Solomon said that there is “A
Time To Be Silent” and “A Time to Speak” —
as well as a time for everything (Eccl. 3:1-9).
The church has been silent long enough.
The Catholic church has spoken out now for
nearly 1500 years.
The Protestant churches have been heard around
the world now for around 400 years.
fhe Christian Chronicle is published every other Monday by Christian Chronicle, I
Inc. Second Class Postage paid at Nashville, Tennessee. Material for publication
should be sent to
The Editor
CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
P.O. Box 339
Nashville, Tennessee 37202
Offices are located at Baker Building, 110 21st Avenue, South, Nashville, Tenn
Phone (AC. 615 ) 327-2744.
Haskell Chesshir Editor-in-Chief
Regional Editors
Adrian Michigan
The voice of both the Catholics and the Protes- T
tants is becoming increasingly less pronounced with the churches of Galatia, Philippi, Th es salon;
each generation. ' * • ------ -J
Evangelist, elders and teachers in the churches
of Christ cry out loudly each week from our
Northern Europe
Lester Allen Adrian Michigan Otis Gatewood
Western South America
Bill Young Los Ange'es Glover Shipp Brazil
Subscription rates— $5 for 1 year. S9 for 2 years. SI2.50 for 3 years. Add 95c
for foreign subscriptions. Complimentary boat-mail subscriptions sent to mission-
aries on request. Congregational plan rate is 30c per month per family; state-
ment is mailed to church office. Change of address—Alow 6 weeks for new
subscription or change of address. Include old address label when sending a
change of address.
As all Bible School workers know, the key to
good attendance in Sunday morning Bible class is
getting the adults to come.
If Mama and Papa come, they bring the kids
with them. If grandma and grandpa come, they
have a special interest in getting their grandchil-
dren to come with them. It is hard for some to
believe it, but there are adults who doubt the value
of these classes, even for themselves.
“They are all right for children,” they say, “but
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are built on the Word of God.
It is now time for us to speak out to the world.
By July this year it is our plan to be going into Christians
every church of Christ in the world for which we Dorcas who made garments for her friends accordin'
have an address and we have more than 14,000 to a — X~1J T-- A-x- n °—1 •*
addresses in the United States and several hundred the Chronicle of unusual baptisms such as those
over sea addresses. disciples who were baptized a second time as j
Also, we have plans to send the Christian told by Luke in Acts 19.
Chronicle and the Christian Woman to every library
of every college and university in the world. There
are English speaking students in all colleges and
universities in the world and they are eager for church in the first century.
Let the Christian Chronicle tell your story tod#
and your life and your work may give some co
some encouragement in some far off darken comj
in our world.
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By bringing our ideas into contact with ideasol
other Christians, we are forced to document th®
by the scripture, clarify them, even, perhaps, alte
or change them.
It is not always the most comfortable thing to
admit to ourselves, not to mention to others,«
may have entertained a defective or incorrect noth
on some doctrine.
Finding we may be incorrect helps us to grow i
grace and knowledge of the Lord, as the apostlt
Paul’s admonition commands.
Where else does one find a time or place mon
appropriate to reach this new enlightenment saw
in the morning Bible class?
That teacher you think so dull might just at
cidentally drop the germ of an
you better insight into the reality of the Christiai
religion.
His expression of an opinion you hold as is
correct may stimulate you to more Bible study whicl
in the end may prove him wrong, and in tin
process, enlarge your own Biblical knowledge.
So, “dear stay-at-home adults,” let’s stop salvinj
our egos with the old warmed-overs; let’s get oui
selves up and about a little earlier next Sunda;
morning and come to the morning Bible class
It will benefit you in ways you won’t see—unti
you have tried it. It will help the Lord’s cause,
and it will encourage the whole congregation.
Pack your auditorium for the adult Bible ‘class
If the shock doesn’t kill your teacher-
will probably do his most outstanding jolt
of teaching. 4 I
the situation of the church in Jerusalem, Antio,-
Corinth, Ephesus and Colossae.
Every congregation needs to speak through t|
pulpits Christian Chronicle, the voice of the church toda
and our class rooms that the churches of Christ Tell your story through the Chronicle of the Ioca
work you are doing and especially your missioj
activities. Tell us about the unusual services th
are rendering in your congregation SUt!
It is refreshing to see 1‘
tian Chronicle because the Church needs
outlet such as the Christian Chronicle. ions, yet it is nara to sit ana watch brethren destwi
When I was converted, over ten years ago, I each other. This is why I do not envy the edito
recall how I delighted to read every word of the of this or any other publication. I hope that bretta
Chronicle. It told of the Exodus movements, the will now pray for Haskell Chesshir. He needs you
Crusades for Christ, the World’s Fair effort, the prayersand support. I hope folks talk up the merit without
sorrows and joys of missionaries. I felt as if I were of this newspaper because it can do much to edit
a vital part of Maurice Hall’s ministry. Although the work of the Lord.
I had never met him, I felt close to Otis Gatewood. It is easy to support all of the Christian put
I thrilled at Juan Monroy’s work. I prayed when lications. It is also easy to find fault with ead one has t<
I read about Christians who were homeless after one. Perhaps, the law of love would dictate tryiai is through
hurricans. When new radio and television stations to discover the kernel of good present.
were added to the Herald of Truth ministry, I Paul spoke of the church being composed of man’
thanked the Lord. members as is the body with each having a certaii
I was close to the Lord and reading about others function,
who served Him made me eager to utilize every
talent. Perhaps these factors even led me to enroll deals with contemporary doctrinal issues. We n$
in a Christian college and major in Bible. There devotional magazines, teaching guides and specifi
is an exciting atmosphere of opportunity and re- area publications. We need a publication dedica^
sponsibility which is generated by the news of the to fair, unbiased Christian journalism. We need1
churches of Christ alive and active in today’s world, paper to tell of our successes and our failu^
As I matured, I fed on Brotherhood news found Pray with me that the Christian Chronicle
in the Christian Chronicle. However, I noticed some be an effective tool for those who are in God
folks began taking pot-shots at this paper. Sometimes vineyard.
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I realize that there will always be differing opi|
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