The Church—No. 3 (How it Worships)

Visits: 37[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-2 page.]             The basic principles governing acceptable worship are found in John 4:24: “God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” The only proper object…

Six Reasons Why

Visits: 31[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-2 page.]             Every Sunday morning, Bible classes for every age are conducted in congregations across the world. Lamentably, many of our people do not take advantage of these classes. Often children are…

Listen to Your Preacher—No. 3

Visits: 36[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             The hearer has no less responsibility than the preacher. Those who listen to a message concerning their souls must very carefully weigh it against what the Bible says. If it…

Listen to Your Preacher—No. 1

Visits: 27[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             Preachers have a heavy responsibility, but so do listeners. Jesus warned, “Take heed what ye hear” (Mark 14:24). Not only the blind leaders “fall into the ditch,” but the blind…

New Testament Worship — Studying God’s Word

Visits: 22[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]        When the church in Troas met on the Lord’s day, Paul preached to them (Acts 20:7). The preaching and teaching of the Gospel were certainly not confined to…

Equal Responsibility

Visits: 24[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] An esteemed brother, Hollis Miller, of Murray Kentucky, once wrote the following in the College Street Bulletin: When one denies the faith, after all Biblical efforts of brotherly love to…

Biblical Ignorance: Cures

Visits: 34[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             How can we overcome the great famine of Bible knowledge that is so prevalent among the saints? The few things suggested below may seem like treating surgery with a…

Biblical Ignorance: Consequences

Visits: 35[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             If one is totally ignorant of the Bible, so that he never learns its message of salvation, he will be lost eternally (Mark 16:15–16; 2 The. 1:8–9). Even those…

Practical Problems of Preachers

Visits: 33[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Preaching the gospel in a community, working with a local church, has its problems. If there are still any people so naïve as to think that preachers “have it made”…