“Faith” in the Bible

Views: 79[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Faith is one of the most frequently found words and concepts in the Bible. It is also one of the most misunderstood and abused Biblical words. Without controversy, the Bible…

Early Postmodernism

Views: 72[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] “Postmodernism” is the ascendant philosophy. To mention postmodernism implies its antecedent, modernism. Modernism attempts to explain all things by nature. It arose in 19th-century Germany, about the time Darwin published…

Biblical Baptism—No. 4

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…

Be Watchful and Resist

Views: 86[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] The New Testament frequently urges vigilance toward things that would spiritually hinder us. One of the clearest of these warnings is from Peter: Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the…

A Gross Misapplication

Views: 79[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be…

Our Cares and God’s Care

Views: 139[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] A verse that we all should commit to memory and upon which we should ever rely is the following: “casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you”…

The Principle of “Ought”

Views: 120[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles  2 page.]             Believers can’t deny that some who claim to be “Christians” are odd (said oddities occurring not because of, but in spite of the Bible). Believers don’t have a patent…

The Man to Whom the Lord Will Not Reckon Sin

Views: 134[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The title of this chapter is taken from a declaration by Paul in Romans 4:6–8: Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from…

Brief Surveys of Some New Testament Epistles

Views: 153[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction The following brief introductions to and surveys of 2 Corinthians–Colossians are part of the book, A Bible Handbook—Authored by Preachers in the Churches of Christ, edited by Jerry Moffitt. Bible students…

Moses, the Great Man of God

Views: 153[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction If one is somehow yet unconvinced of the greatness of Moses, perhaps the following three incidents will give him pause: At Hazeroth in the Wilderness (Num. 11:35), Aaron and Miriam rebelled…