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"And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him" (Col.3:17). No other words could more express the exact opposite of the prevailing attitudes and thoughts of men toward religion than those written so long ago by the great apostle Paul. The Bible seems to be the lost or forgotten book of law governing religion, just as the law of Moses had been lost in the days leading up to the reign of Josiah (1 Kings 22:1-8). Nobility has never been more precisely expressed than in the words describing the people of Berea: “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the... click here to continue...

AN OPEN LETTER TO MY FELLOW 1995,
AND OTHER MSOP GRADUATES

Brethren:

As was true with me, one of the highlights of your life was undoubtedly the two years you spent at Memphis School of Preaching. The verse by verse study of the Bible in our classes was greatly beneficial. The related curriculum, including Bible Archeology, Logic, The Preacher and His work, and Greek has also proven to be helpful through the succeeding years. In many ways, we will always recognize a sense of gratitude for those two years of study.

Even though I look back on the two years I attended MSOP with appreciation, I was not entirely comfortable with everything at the school then, and am now gravely concerned over the direction our alma mater is headed. My concerns began the very first day of the fall initiation process for new students. If you recall, we were told that even if a student preached on a regular basis for a congregation in the area, the bulk of his contribution should go to Knight Arnold (now Forest Hill). I never abode by that suggestion, because I personally believed it was unscriptural as well as dictating a rule that neither the school nor its director had the authority to make.

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