The Bible, the Book of Peace

Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The Hebrew word for peace is the familiar Jewish word of greeting, shalom (or salom). In all its various forms it appears well over four hundred times in the Old Testament…

What About the Old Testament?—No. 6

Views: 11[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-3 page.]             If people who have lived since the crucifixion of Christ are no longer under the Law of Moses (Cor. 2:14; Heb. 9:15–17, etc.), what profit is there in its continued…

 Notes on the Pentateuch—No. 2 (The Book of Exodus)

Views: 12[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             The theme of the second book of the Bible and the source from which it draws its name is in Exodus 19:1: “In the third month after the children of…

Notes on the Pentateuch—No. 1 (The Book of Genesis)

Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             Genesis means “beginning.” It reveals the beginning of everything except God. Unless one understands and believes the message of Genesis, his understanding of and belief in the rest of the…

What About the Bible?

Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] Poets and orators are sometimes said to be “inspired” when they produce a masterpiece. A sermon may have been “inspiring” to those who heard. But the inspiration claimed for the Bible…