God’s Plan of Salvation
Views: 81[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] If there is one thing that one must learn in life, it is God’s plan of salvation. Those who never obey the Gospel and do not come to know God…
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Does the Bible Teach that a Saved Person Immediately Goes to Heaven When He or She Dies?
Views: 8[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our New Uploads page.] The question in our title manifestly applies only to persons who are Scriptural “candidates” for Heaven. We could enlarge it thus: Will those who die, having been saved through their faith…
Thank God for the Seven Thousand
Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] While it is necessary on occasion to highlight the extreme departures some who were once among us have made, there is room for some optimism. One of the…
Back to the Bible
Views: 77[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The Bible has been translated into 1,250 languages and dialects, making it available to about 95% of the world’s population. It is the best-distributed book in the world with…
A Symptom of Spiritual Sickness
Views: 80 [Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Jack Walsh is not the first man to take a knife to the Bible. Jehoiakim, King of Judah, was the first to do so, 600 years before Christ came…
Dedicated Parents
Views: 83[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] There are admittedly many factors, involving both inheritance and environment, that may affect the overall development of children. Surely, it will not be denied that there is no single factor…
Reflections on the “Restoration Summit”
Views: 91 [Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] On August 7-9, 1984, a meeting billed as a “Restoration Summit” was conducted at Joplin, Missouri. The “Summit” was first conceived and suggested by brother Alan Cloyd of Nashville, Tennessee, in…
One Book or Many?
Views: 91[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Is the Bible only one book, or is it several books? The answer is “yes” and “yes.” The Bible is indeed a single book, but in a sense, it is also…
Undenominational Christianity
Views: 69[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–3 page.] Thoughtful Bible students realize that denominational “churchianity” bears no resemblance to New Testament Christianity. It is not only fundamentally undenominational; it is antidenominational. Men have so long lived with…
The Unique Book
Views: 87[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Unique means one of a kind, having no like or equal, incomparable. These terms accurately describe the Bible. Consider some of the characteristics that make it unique: It alone…
