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Ron Halbrook's Own
Words As They Relate To The "Mental Divorce" Position:
The following are
papers written by Ron and transcripts of material presented by Ron through the
years demonstrating both the error he is charged with and the fact that he both
publicly and privately teaches it:
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Notes for further study (1986, brother Ron Halbrook's
concisely articulated "application")
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An excerpt of an MDR presentation by Ron Halbrook at Belen, NM (March
21, 1988)
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A letter from Ron Halbrook to a "young preacher" (December 20, 1990)
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An excerpt of an MDR sermon by Ron Halbrook given in Wilkesville, OH
(June 14, 1990)
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Excerpts
of an MDR sermon by Ron Halbrook at Beckley, WV (May 30, 1991)
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An e-mail letter, in which Ron Halbrook reveals his "application"
(February 8, 1998)
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An excerpt from
Ron Halbrook's rebuttal to Bob Owen (Burnet, TX, February, 2000)
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Letter written to Ron Halbrook with his response (June 25, 2000)
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An excerpt of Ron Halbrook's MDR discussion at Athens, Georgia (July
27-28, 2000)
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Ron
Halbrook's Hand-Out Study Papers at Athens, Georgia (July 27-28, 2000)
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Ron’s commentary to an article by Windell Wiser (sent out by Ron in
early Spring, 2001)
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Ron’s
commentary to an article by Jim Deason (sent out by Ron in early Spring,
2001)
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Ron Halbrook E-mails
(Ron sent out his e-mails in early Spring, 2001)
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Ron Halbrook
Exchange (Ron sent out his exchange in early Spring, 2001)
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Ron Halbrook Since 1983 (Ron sent out his original article in early Spring,
2001)
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Ron
Halbrook 1993 Letter To J.T. Smith (with comments)
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Ron's Reply To J.T.
Smith - Gospel Truths, April 2001 (with comments)
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Belknap-Halbrook
Exchange and
A Letter of
Concern and Plea for Influence of Fellow Workers |
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An Examination of Ron Halbrook's Charts and
Bill Cavender, The Point Man For
Truth Magazine |
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Truth Magazine
Against Truth Magazine
and
Truth Magazine
Strikes Again via Mark Mayberry |
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Truth
Magazine: Then Vs. Now
and
Connie Adams: Then
Vs. Now |
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Reply To
Weldon (My Reply To Weldon's Slander in T.M. Was Never Allowed In
The Same Venue) |
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Articles Written That Refute Ron Halbrook's "Application":
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The Truth Commentary on Matthew NEW!
- Matthew 19:6 In Context Powerpoint Slides NEW!
- Email Exchange with Kyle Pope and Jeff Belknap NEW!
- Belknap - Wallace Q & A
- Mental Divorce:
Simply A Difference In Application?
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Wayne
Partain on Mental Divorce
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Who Does God Allow to Marry Another - Part I (by C. Kelly Wilson)
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Who
Does God Allow to Marry Another - Part II (by C. Kelly Wilson)
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Links Which Expose The False Doctrine of Bobby Holmes & Tom Roberts
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Truth Magazine: Then Vs.
Now
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MDR and the
1990 Guardian of Truth (by Don Martin)Divorcement
for the Kingdom's Sake (by Don Martin)
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Albert Einstein Quote
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"Conservative" and "Sound" Are Not The Same (by Ron Daly)
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The
Widened Breach (Excerpts - by Foy E. Wallace, Jr.)
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A Second
"Putting Away?"
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Mike Willis:
A Pattern of Misrepresentation
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What Used
To Be...
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The Sin of Being
Neutral (by B.C. Carr - deceased)
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Proper
Application of Romans Chapter 14 (by Gailen Evans)
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"Third
Annual Truth Magazine Lectureships" (by Don Martin)
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The Bible:
The Basis For Marriage Law (by Steven Harper)
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"MDR, Do We
Or Do We Not Believe Jesus?" (by Don Martin)
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"The Focus Regarding the Divorce and Marriage to Another Issue" (by Don
Martin)
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The
Liberal and Conservative Mindsets (by Don Martin)
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Connie W. Adams: Then vs.
Now
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Response #3
To Brother Ron Chaffin (by David Watts, Jr.)
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Let Our Word Be Your Guide
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The "Mental Divorce"
Definition Discrepancy
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Truth
Magazine Strikes Again via Mark Mayberry
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False
Accusation or False Teaching? (by Don Martin)
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Is it "Just a Difference in Application" or is it Adultery? (by David M.
Bonner)
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Modern-Day Corban (by
David McKee)
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Playing Down
Divorce and Remarriage to Another Issue (by Don Martin)
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A Commendable
Resignation (by Don Martin)
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"A Race to the
Courthouse" (by Gene Frost)
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Response
to Truth Magazine May 5, 2005 Exchange (by David Watts, Jr).
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A Simple Comparison
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Responding To David Watts,
Jr. (by Ronald D. Chaffin)
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Second Response
To Brother Ron Chaffin (by David Watts, Jr.)
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Response to Ron
Chaffin (by David Watts, Jr.)
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Is There
Truth On Every Bible Subject? (by J.T. Smith)
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The
Momentum For Perverting Romans 14 (by Don Martin)
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Marriage &
Divorce Vs. Binding & Loosing
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Necessary
Conclusions from Matthew 5:32
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Debating The
Scriptures #2 (by J.T. Smith)
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MDR Charts on Mental Divorce
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Non-Sexual Adultery and Mental Divorce (by Paul Williams)
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The Hit Dog Syndrome
(by Don Martin)
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Chorizo Charts
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Apoluo
Charts
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Exposing Bill Reeves' Error
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Defending Matthew 19:9
(by Chris Peltz)
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They Are Teaching That There Can Be A Second Divorce (by Brian A.
Yeager)
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Is There Danger In
Keeping Silent? (by Gene Plyler)
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He
Added No More (by Vernon Love)
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'Differences In Application' Revisited (by Steven Harper)
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Paul Blake: Then vs. Now
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Exchange Started by
O'Neal Martin
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Two False MDR
"Applications" Combined
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"Making The Word of
God of None Effect"
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Why All The Fuss? (by Gene Plyler)
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Exchange
Started by Pat Donahue with Mike Willis
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"This Error Is
Different" (by Don Martin)
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage - The Fellowship Issue (by Don Martin)
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Wanted: Honest
Discussion (by Steven Harper)
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Truth Magazine Against Truth Magazine
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It's No Longer A 'Trend' (by Steven Harper)
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Who Decides? Who
Divides? (by Steven Harper)
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A Response To
Brother Bill Cavender (by David Watts, Jr.)
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Are You An In-Law Or An
Outlaw?
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From The
Carriage Drive Bulletin (8-29-04)
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When Is Putting Away
Accomplished?
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Justifying The Guilty
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Divorcement By Human
Agency
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An Examination of
Ron Halbrook's Charts
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Chart - Synonymous
Terms For Divorce
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"I'm Still Studying It"
(by David McKee)
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Marriage and Divorce in Various Cultures (by Gene Frost)
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The
Divorced, The Divorcer, & The Third Party
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Arguing An
Impossible Hypothesis (by Steven C. Harper)
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Brother
Warnock's Ninth & Tenth Weeks in a Row
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Brother
Warnock's Seventh & Eighth Weeks in a Row
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Brother
Warnock's Fifth & Sixth Weeks in a Row
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Weldon E. Warnock, Week
After Week
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Brother
Warnock's 19 Year Progression of Error
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The Charge
of "Hobby-Riding" by the Error-Siding!
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Marriage And Bond (by Gene Frost)
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A Second Putting Away Study
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Why The Faithful Cannot Fellowship Those Who Advocate
Adultery
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An
Examination of Ron Halbrook's Letter to the Filipino Brethren
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Bill
Cavender, The Point Man For Truth Magazine
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Concerning
The 'Mental Divorce' Open Forum (by Greg Gwin)
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Commitment to Christ Is A Commitment to "The Faith" (by J. T. Smith)
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Interesting Finds in the Truth Magazine Archives (by David McKee)
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What to Do When One
Is Mistaken - Mark 10:11 (by J.T. Smith)
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Doctrines and Principles Regarding MDR (by David Watts Jr.)
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Can Man Sunder
A Marriage Against God's Will?
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Who May
"Put Away"?
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Apples
and Oranges
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The Effect Of Defending False Teachers On Divorce And Remarriage (by H.
E. Phillips)
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The Cause Can
Come After The Effect? (by Brian A. Yeager)
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A
Simple Study of Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage (by Bob Myhan)
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Mark
10:11,12 and the Put Away Innocent Mate (by Don Martin)
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Those
Who May Marry & Those Who May Not
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Why We Call It
"Mental Divorce" (by Greg Gwin)
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Adding Provisos To Jesus' Teaching (by Greg Gwin)
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Divorce and Remarriage
(by J.T. Smith)
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Mark 10:11-12
Revisited (by Maurice Barnett)
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Mark 10:11-12 (by Maurice Barnett)
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"Committeth Adultery Against
Her": Mark 10:11 (by Willie
Ramsey)
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The
Marriage Covenant and Ratification (by Gene Frost)
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Another Look At The Rights Of An Innocent Put-Away Person (by Kevin Kay)
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A Contextual Study of
Matthew 19:1-9 (by Steven C. Harper)
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The
"Exception" of Matthew 19:9 and "Sequence" (by J.T. Smith)
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Marriage,
Divorce, and Remarriage (by J.T. Smith)
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It Hath Been Said
(by P.J. Casebolt)
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About Marriage And
Divorce (by A.C. Grider)
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The "Innocent" Party
(by J.T. Smith)
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Is It Time To Move On?
(by David McKee)
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The Matthew 19:9
Sequence (by Greg Gwin)
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A
Plea For Consistency
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Gwin - Reeves
Debate Review (by Steven C. Harper)
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A
Misrepresentation of Stan Cox? (by David McKee)
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God's Law To The
Married vs. The Unmarried
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Is the Context All About
Cause?
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Differences In
Application (by Stephen C. Harper)
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A Duck
is a Rabbit
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A
Response to Tim Haile's "Repudiation Rights of the Innocent Party" (by
David McKee)
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"One Man, One Woman, For a Lifetime, With One Exception" (by David
McKee)
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Does A "Put Away"
Person Have A Scriptural Right To Marry Another? (by Carrol R. Sutton)
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"Jesus Didn't Address That Scenario" (by David McKee)
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Tim
Haile's Debate Ad
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A Review of Harry Osborne's Sermon
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Harry Osborne's
Audio Sermon Quotes
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"It Appertaineth Not Unto
Thee"
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Using Liberty
As A Cloak For Vice (by Steven C. Harper)
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The
Difference Between Cause & Consequence
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Life & Death;
Marriage & Divorce
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Who Does the
Exception Clause Apply To?
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God's
Provisional Care via Civil Government
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Acknowledging
God's Law Above Man's Law
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Are You
Scripturally Married? (by Carrol R. Sutton)
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Who Has The
Right To Marry Another? (by Carrol R. Sutton)
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The "Statue Of
Liberty" Play (by Steven C. Harper)
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Rejoinder
to "Tactics of Error, Triumph of Truth"
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MDR Double Talk (by Don Martin)
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Is Tim Haile A False
Teacher?
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Harry Osborne and Apoluo
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Harry
Osborne's Dilemma Continues (by David McKee)
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Now We Know
What Tim Haile Teaches (by Fred Seavers)
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It is "the Teaching of Another Law"
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A
Clarifying Exchange
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An Examination of Mark 10:11-12
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What About "Mental
Divorce"? (by Greg Gwin)
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Mental
Divorce Gospel Meeting Charts
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Does Reference To
"Husband" and "Wife" Always Indicate Current Marriage Status?
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Be Not Deceived: It Is The Waiting Game! (Plain and Simple)
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Some
Will Say Anything (by Steven C. Harper)
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Follies, Fallacies, and Fabrications
(by Steven C. Harper)
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When We
Disagree (by Stephen C. Harper)
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Recognizing
The Reality of Man's Sin Via Human Agency
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It Is Nothing
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What Are Moral and
Doctrinal Matters?
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Before, During and After
Divorcement
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The Major Crux of
the Mental Divorce Doctrine
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Chart Regarding Unlawful
Divorces and Remarriages
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The Shell Game
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Jesus Said, “Doth” – Man Says
“Doth Not!” (by
Fred Seavers)
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What Are They Really Saying?
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Does Jesus Authorize
Any Put Away Person To Remarry Another?
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Scriptural
Divorcement (by Don Martin)
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The Rights Of An
Innocent Put-Away Person (by Kevin Kay)
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"Marriage" Is Not "Binding"
(by Kevin Kay)
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Mental Divorce Sermon
Charts
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Questions That Need To
Be Answered
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What Does the Text Say? (by John Humphries)
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Who May
Scripturally Marry Again? (by Windell Wiser)
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Does God Recognize Unlawful Marriages and Unlawful Divorces? (by Carrol R.
Sutton)
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Plea For Clarification (Response to Ron's letter in the April 2001 issue of
Gospel Truths)
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Simple Questions and Inescapable Answers
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Mental Divorce Revamped and Revisited, Part I
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Mental Divorce Revamped and Revisited, Part II
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E-mail Exchanges Between Various Brethren:
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Needed History Lessons:
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Why Some Have
Encountered So Many Difficulties Seeking To Teach The Truth:
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My Own Concerns
and Position:
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Heard Something About
Me Lately?
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Marriage, Divorce and
Remarriage
By Ron Halbrook
"Now when we preach these things
today, we’re accused of CAUSING DIVISION. Dear
friend, I want you to remember, departure from the authority of God’s
word results in division. And the one who introduces error splits
the log. Who causes division? The one that promotes a perverted gospel.
Those that introduced the missionary society drove the wedge of human law that
divided the Lord’s church. Those that drove the wedge of instrumental music
divided the church. Not those that opposed it!
Those that opposed it were pleading for scriptural authority,
scriptural unity. But those that introduce the perverted theories of
men divide the church. So it is with premillennialism, benevolent societies,
the Herald of Truth, the sponsoring church and so it is with these new laws
and theories and speculations and perversions concerning marriage and
divorce. And there any number of them. Some talk about the Kingdom law,
Matthew 19:9 only for the church. Some talk about baptism changing your
marital status. Here you are in adultery—baptize you—and now you’re not in
adultery anymore. You’re in the same marriage but just, mumbo jumbo, went
through the water and the same marriage is not adultery anymore. And then
some redefine adultery so that it is not a sexual act at all. And then some
say the fornicator can marry another. And some talk about that exception on
the basis of desertion. These theories are not taught in God’s word.
And listen friend, when we oppose the theories we’re
not causing division. What’s causing division then?
The theories of men!" (emp. jhb). - Beckley, WV, 5/30/91
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Regarding Controversy
By Ron Halbrook
"Be
willing to hear both sides of the issues involved and be wary of excuses offered
for closing the door to open discussion. 'Try,' test, or examine the teachers in
this controversy – no matter who they are – and do it by comparing what they say
with Scripture (I Jn. 4:1,6). Do not be timid about approaching the men
involved to ask for the Bible basis of their conduct and teaching. Pay close
attention to whether they actually give you Bible passages or whether they
merely talk around the subject. Notice whether they seem tense, resentful, and
angry when you question them, or whether they seem to truly welcome and
appreciate your questions. Those who stand on the truth find that it gives them
a confidence which creates calmness and patience in discussing the questions of
honest people. Those who cannot give Scripture for their position suffer from
arrogance, impatience, and frustration which create bitter resentment against
those who dare to question them. Something is wrong if the man you question does
not seem glad for the opportunity to fulfill I Peter 3:15 (‘be ready always to
give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in
you’)."
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Fight of Faith or Needless Controversy
By Harry Osborne
“Brethren, when you look at a controversy arise, and
you see that the way people handle it is by boycotting the preaching of those
things that have to do with truth, you’ve found, most likely, where the error
is. Truth is never afraid to stand up. Truth is never afraid to stand there
and have a discussion of truth, to have an open Bible and to study those
issues. Truth is always ready to do that. Error is not. Error is going to be
something that tries to work behind the back, it’s going to be something that
tries to label through unnecessary means, it’s going to be something that takes
quotations out of context, attributes things to people that are not so. That’s
what error does.” - Paden City, WV, 4/10/03
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“Dumb Dogs” In The Pulpit
By Robert H. Farish
(Taken from The Gospel
Guardian, June 30, 1949)
“Dumb dogs” is
the blunt term Isaiah used to describe those of his day who failed in their duty
of guarding the flock of God – “dumb dogs, they cannot bark” (Isaiah 56:9-11).
In this sense Isaiah pictures the helplessness of the flock when they, because
of the failure of the guarding dogs, are exposed to the wild beasts of forest
and field. The attacking beasts are bold because they know that no threatening
bark will be uttered to frighten them or to alarm the flock into flight.
A consideration of the present perilous situation of
the church brings Isaiah’s scathing rebuke to mind. For it is very apparent
that the church is seriously threatened and is in real danger because of the
silence of many of her preachers. Too many preachers in the pulpits are “dumb
dogs,” ignoring the ominous threat of error and evil; too many in the pew are
praising these “dumb dogs” for their very silence and are heaping contempt upon
those who raise the alarm.
Our “adversary, the devil as a roaring lion goeth
about seeking whom he may devour.” Sobriety and vigilance are required of every
Christian. Let no one be deceived; the enemy will avail himself of every
opportunity afforded by the silence of the watchmen. To fail to give warning
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"Too many times, we care more for a person’s feelings than we
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