God Rewardeth the Fool and the Transgressors—Proverbs 26

Views: 141[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction As Solomon concluded his lament over his own vain choices in life, he announced that he had issued warnings to help others avoid his errors: And further, because the Preacher was…

“Hell at Last!”

Views: 116[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] To believe in Heaven is to believe in Hell, just as the Bible, especially the New Testament, depicts both of them. Concerning the unrighteous and the righteous, respectively, at The Judgment,…

Elders and Roots of Apostasy—Acts 20:28–30

Views: 156[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction As all readers surely know, there have been many waves or cycles of apostasy since the establishment of the church, and each of these has placed more and more distance between man and…

Faithfulness and the Sermon on the Mount

Views: 137[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Christ does not require us to be rich, good-looking, multi-talented, socially prominent, or formally educated. There is one thing he requires of every one of his servants: faithfulness. The faith has…

Paul’s Public Rebuke of Cephas—Galatians 2:11–21

Views: 52[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Galatians 2:11–21 is a thought bridge. It is obvious from chapter 1:1–2:10 that two factors were at work among the churches of the region: Paul’s apostolic credentials and authority had come…

Preaching on Church History

Views: 145[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The older I get and the more I observe what some brethren are doing and saying, the more convinced I become that the Lord’s people do not know much about church history….

Calvinism—A Study of Election and Apostasy in the Writings of Paul

Views: 745[Note: This MS is available inlarger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Election is the immutable purpose of God, by which before the foundations of the earth were laid, He chose out of the whole human race—fallen by their own fault from their primeval integrity…

Ezekiel—Prophet of the Exile

Views: 163[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Four Old Testament prophets are called “major prophets,” or as some style them, “the four greater prophets:”1 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Ezekiel. The lives of the last three overlap each other somewhat, but the work of…

John—Whom the Lord Called “None Greater”

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Jesus gave unparalleled commendation to his kinsman, the prophet John: “Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist” (Mat. 11:11). Let us explore some possible…

Matthew 15—A Commentary

Views: 6[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The events described in the beginning of Matthew 15 took place in Galilee, where Jesus was attracting throngs of people by His mighty words and deeds. News of His miracles had…