EditorialMarch/April, 1976Volume 11, Number 2 The greatest event in all human history took place nearly two thousand years ago in Joseph’s garden just outside the walls of old Jerusalem. The body of One who had died, was raised from the cold tomb, and that Resurrection has many implications. It’s that event that we commemorate on …
EditorialJanuary/February, 1976Volume 11, Number 1 George Bernard Shaw once said that his chief objection to the Bible was the superstition of atonement by blood sacrifice. He said that if Christianity is to survive, it must get rid of the teaching. He went on to say that such a doctrine will never impress thoughtful people. Yet …
EditorialNovember/December, 1975Volume 10, Number 6 When God created the first man and put him in the Garden, Adam was a lonely being. He needed the love and companionship of a good wife. God created Eve to be Adam’s companion, and ever since that time it has been God’s plan for most men and most women …
EditorialSeptember/October, 1975Volume 10, Number 5 The Witness message this month concentrates on a concern which is basic to the Brethren Revival Fellowship emphasis. It is primarily a reprint of an issue printed nearly seven years ago. Our present supply of that issue is exhausted; our mailing list now is much larger than it was then; and the …
EditorialJuly/August, 1975Volume 10, Number 4 The theme of the 1975 Annual Conference in Dayton, Ohio is “All creation awaits.” The setting of the phrase (found in Romans 8:19) is within the framework of a future deliverance. “This present time” (Romans 8:18) is the period in which the Christians’ sufferings occur. The age to come is …
EditorialMay/June, 1975Volume 10, Number 3 The current Women’s Liberation Movement is heralded by many as the primary social issue of the day. It seems that there is an attempt to muddle the roles of male and female until we have “she” men and ”he” women. Some urge the importance of “de-sexing” any language that makes …
EditorialMarch/April, 1975Volume 10, Number 2 The ordained ministry within the Church of the Brethren consisted historically of a system known as the plural free ministry. Each congregation was served by more than one ordained man who earned their livelihood at regular occupations and gave their service to the church without charge. This was the general …
EditorialJanuary/February, 1975Volume 10, Number 1 The advent of the year 1975 marks Brethren Revival Fellowship’s tenth year of distributing literature. During the first year of our publishing venture, only one issue of the BRF Witness was prepared and distributed. During most years however, we mailed out four issues annually. Our plans for 1975 include increasing the frequency …
