Views: 128[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction Churches should have goals and aims. In this sense every congregation of the Lord’s people should be driven by purpose rather than stumbling along haphazardly. However, purpose-driven has taken on…
Views: 82[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] The mail recently brought a small flyer with the question in the title above. The flip-side answers as follows: “You are here to have an eternal relationship with God!” To…
Views: 66[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] The word Christian appears three times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16). This term is used interchangeably with disciple, but only after Jesus died and built His…
Views: 82[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Ten centuries before Jesus’ birth, the prophet Nathan, on behalf of Jehovah, told David that He would set one of David’s seed upon his throne in an eternal kingdom (2 Sam….
Views: 71[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In worship, organization, work, and other features, the faithful churches of Christ in the first century and in the twenty-first century are identical. This is that for which those who…
Views: 74[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…
Views: 72[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] A multitude of brethren (and most all the world) would almost rather be shot than be called “narrow-minded.” However, the Lord said: Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for…
Views: 104[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…
Views: 81[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] James 1:16 contains another “red flag,” warning us against deception: “Be not deceived, my beloved brethren (ASV).” This warning looks backward to what James had just written about temptation, sin,…
Views: 70[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…
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