The Church’s Unity and Undenominational Character

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction From his earliest knowledge that God planned the church, Satan has despised the very concept of it and everything pertaining to it. His first plan of attack was to do all that…

The “Both Ways” Philosophy

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction A childish trait that many seem never to outgrow is the desire to have certain things “both ways” when it is not possible to do so. In all such cases, the…

“Growing” A Church—At What Price?

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Some brethren will do almost anything to bring numerical and financial growth to a congregation. They will mutilate, innovate, and obfuscate the Gospel in order to have it. “Growth (as they define…

Are Alien Sinners Amenable to the Law of Christ?

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction It is exceedingly strange that anyone claiming to be informed in the Word of God would deny that alien sinners are accountable to the law of Christ. However, there have been in…

Corrective Church Discipline in the New Testament

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The requirement of corrective discipline is present in every area of our lives. If the state does not exercise it, there will be anarchy in the land. If it is not exercised…

How We Got Where We Are—A Half Century of Church History

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The Lord’s church today is not the same body it was fifty years ago. My grandfather (an elder for forty years in central Texas) or even my father (whose more than thirty…

Romans 16—a Commentary

Romans 16 is one of the most completely personal sections to come from the pen of Paul or from that of any inspired writer. Of its twenty-seven verses eighteen of them relate to per­sonal commendations, greetings to those in Rome, or greetings being sent to…