Views: 98[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction Sometimes faithful Christians needlessly bear a load of guilt because, while they know they are supposed to love their enemies (Luke 6:35), they do not feel a sentimental affection for…
Views: 82[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] The mail recently brought a small flyer with the question in the title above. The flip-side answers as follows: “You are here to have an eternal relationship with God!” To…
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: 74[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] If the church as God planned it and Christ built it is to exist in any age, there are certain principles to which men must be committed. As surely as…
Views: 78[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Saul of Tarsus was a fierce persecutor of Christians when he first appears in the New Testament record (Acts 7:58–8:3). His change from cruel crusader against the church to Jesus’…
Views: 70[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In recent years, dumbing down has entered the vernacular, meaning to diminish the original effect, power, or significance of an entity. Thus, one might say that the institution of marriage has…
Views: 76[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The first Pentecost Day after Jesus’ ascension to Heaven found a throng in Jerusalem from “every nation under heaven” (Acts 2:5). Of that number, about 3,000 obeyed the apostolic message…
Views: 65[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] If one were to decide to concoct a plan, promising salvation upon that single act apart from all others, the most reasonable choice would not be “faith only,” which is…
Views: 67[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Mere men did not invent the Bible doctrine of baptism. Jesus, in the Great Commission (Mat. 28:19–20; Mark 16:15–16), is its author, and He alone has the right to specify…
Views: 84[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In Jesus’ incomparable Sermon on the Mount, He said: Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will…
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