The Right Rod
Views: 0[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] When God specifies that which man is to do, he must do it or incur Divine displeasure. Man may not add to, omit, or substitute anything in the place of…
Category: Baptism
The New Testament Church
Views: 0[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…
The Joys of Soul-Winning
Views: 2[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Soul-winning is the most important work in the world. It alone was the sufficient cause for the Word to become flesh and dwell among men (John 1:14; Luke 19:10). After…
The Grace of God
Views: 0[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page. Grace may be the most beautiful and significant word in the Bible, for none will be saved except by the grace of God (Eph. 2:8). This word refers to God’s…
The Gift of Tongues
Views: 0[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page. One of the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit was the gift of tongues (1 Cor. 12:10, 30; 19:6; 14:2; et al.). What were these tongues in which some of…
The Conversion of Saul
Views: 0[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’…
On “Dumbing Down” God
Views: 0[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…
Oh, How He Loved Her!
Views: 0[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In the Ephesian letter, Paul wrote of the most moving love story of all time: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up…
Offering the Invitation
Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] After his sermon on the day of Pentecost, which concluded with the plan of salvation, Peter used “many other words” of exhortation, including the persuasive plea, “Save yourselves from this…
Lost Souls on Pentecost
Views: 0[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…
