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[Note<\/strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2<\/strong>\u00a0 page.]<\/span><\/p>\n The idea for the following article is from one authored by Steve Gibson several years ago. At the time he wrote it, Steve was sound in his teaching and behavior. Lamentably, he has since apostatized, and likely no longer holds the same convictions. However, the principle behind his material (from which I adapted and enlarged the following) is still as true as it was when he wrote it.<\/span><\/p>\n It is impossible to change sinful institutions, practices, or doctrines into those which are innocent by prefixing harmless \u201cgiven names\u201d to \u201csinful surnames.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it was published in The Lighthouse, <\/em>weekly bulletin of Northpoint Church of Christ, Denton, TX, February 3, 2008, of which I was editor.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 0[Note:\u00a0 This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0 page.] The idea for the following article is from one authored by Steve Gibson several years ago. At the time he wrote it, Steve was sound in his teaching and behavior….<\/p>\n\n