Views: 91[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction In Mark 16:16 Jesus made one of the most explicit statements in the New Testament concerning baptism: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall…
Views: 128[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction Churches should have goals and aims. In this sense every congregation of the Lord’s people should be driven by purpose rather than stumbling along haphazardly. However, purpose-driven has taken on…
Views: 66[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] The word Christian appears three times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16). This term is used interchangeably with disciple, but only after Jesus died and built His…
Views: 101[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] A bountiful, but bitter harvest of dishonor, immorality, profanity, drug/drink addiction, and cold secularism have become commonplace in our beautiful America. These behaviors extend from the powerless and poor through…
Views: 77[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] While speaking of the local church, the preacher said, “We are commanded to grow.” He immediately quoted Mark 16:15 as his proof text: “Go ye into all the world, and…
Views: 101[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] A bumper sticker reads: “In case of the rapture, this car will be driverless.” The Rapture refers to an event that will allegedly occur at the “first second coming” of…
Views: 61[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The Lord’s church is the spiritual body of Christ (Eph. 1:22–23). It cannot be seriously argued that the work of the spiritual body of Christ should or can be different…
Views: 76[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In the contest with evil we must remember that, while we oppose men who serve Satan, our real foe is Satan: “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood,…
Views: 71[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In worship, organization, work, and other features, the faithful churches of Christ in the first century and in the twenty-first century are identical. This is that for which those who…
Views: 128[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Under the title above Rubel Shelly wrote a stirring article a few decades ago. In it he ably exposed and decried the hypocrisy and deception of liberals as they made…
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