Last Saturday, February 14, 2009, Carl G. Hecker passed away in his sleep around 12:30 pm. Almost all (but not all) those who knew him in the Lord's church loved him for his love of the truth, and for his desire to do everything that is right to save those who are lost. Mr. Hecker began life in Flint, Michigan, 87 years ago, on February 12, 1922. At the age of 20 he married Willadean Parish. He was not a Christian then, but the influence of his wife, and the sound preaching he heard while atten... [More]

It has been several weeks now since my last post regarding Todd Deaver's new book, Facing Our Failure. Last month Brother Deaver sent a note our way to announce that he has published his book in paperback, and to ask if I plan to continue my review. I thanked him for the new information, and told him that I do plan to continue my review. Since then several others have asked if there would be more to come. In his note Brother Deaver wrote that a few changes have been made to what was in the e-bo... [More]

Several have written both privately and within blog comments asking if we intend to continue our review of Todd Deaver's book on unity and fellowship. The answer to that is yes. Until recently there has been little interest in the book, and my time has been consumed doing other things. But it has always been my intention to finish my review. Brother Deaver has now published a paperback version of his book, and this has resulted in some increase of interest, so I will give more at... [More]

In this part of our review of Todd Deaver's new book, Facing Our Failure, I would like to give an overview of the book. Brother Deaver placed this copyright notice at the beginning of the book: "No part of this e-book may be copied, duplicated, distributed, or quoted in anyway [sic] without the written permission of the author." We do not believe it would be inappropriate or illegal to make brief quotations without seeking the author's permission, but except for this quotation, we wil... [More]

In my previous article, Todd Deaver and the Doctrine of Fellowship, I mentioned that I was given a link to a book by Todd Deaver, but I did not provide it. I wanted more assurance that the book was not simply an early pre-release version given out for review, before I became instrumental in making it more widely available. Since then I have seen evidence that the book has been released publicly, and in fact that it is getting some good press among liberal members of the church. A search at Goo... [More]