Daniel 12—A Commentary

Views: 149[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction This final chapter of Daniel is by far the shortest of the book with only 13 verses. However, it is an important chapter, if for no other reason, because it is…

What Is the Gospel?

Views: 80[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-3 page.]             The word Gospel is frequently found in the New Testament (101 occurrences). Its literal meaning is “glad tidings” or “good news.” It refers to the wonderful news that man can…

The Deity of Jesus Christ—No. 3

Views: 80[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-2 page.]             The Bible not only records the claims Jesus and the apostles made concerning His Deity. It also furnishes abundant evidence to support the claims. The prophecies (exceeding 300) that are…

The Deity of Jesus Christ—No. 2

Views: 89[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-2 page.]             “Why is the Deity of Christ important?” one may ask. “Isn’t the Sermon on the Mount just as powerful and beautiful, even if He wasn’t the Son of God?” That…

Jesus—Mere Man or God Incarnate?

Views: 80[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.] Was Jesus Christ merely a “good man” or was he more than man? The second century Gnostics and their modern counterparts (e.g., the Jehovah’s Witnesses) say he was merely a created…

New Testament Conversions (No. 2 )—The Conversion of the Three Thousand

Views: 71 [Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.] The Gospel in its fullness was first preached on the first Pentecost after Jesus’ resurrection and ascension. The record of this historic day and its dramatic results is found in…

New Testament Conversions—No. 1

Views: 72 [Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.] No more practical and important material can be found in the Bible than the accounts of people being converted to Christ and His saving Truth. This begins a series of…

Christian Certainties — No. 5

Views: 70[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]             In a world that is constantly being bombarded with doubt and despair, there is a desperate need for some things that are solid and certain. More than anyone else in…

The Cross and the Church

Views: 95[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our New Uploads page. Some think it possible to magnify the death of Christ, symbolized by His cross, while ignoring or minimizing His church. To attempt such is to overlook the vital relationship between the…

Christ and Christmas

Views: 92[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Once I referred to Christmas in a church bulletin article by the abbreviation Xmas. One who read the article wrote inquiring, “What happened to Christ?” and stated, “It has always…