Appearance of Evil / Putting the Record Straight / Can an Independent be a Presbyterian?

Appearance of Evil I always look forward to reading the Standard Bearer. And I do mean, "look forward." I'm always behind on my reading! Thanks to Rev. Bruinsma in the September 15, 1994 issue urging us to walk a godly path in life. I like his quote highlighted on page 489. However, I'd ask that he take a second look at the word "appearance" (eidos) in I Thessalonians 5:22. I was reading in Strong's, Vine's, and BAGD. The passage actually exhorts us to abstain from true forms of evil, not, as...