Views: 79[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…
Views: 76[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…
Views: 69[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–1 page.] It is apparent that many members of the church conceive of the church of Christ as merely a denomination. Such statements as “I am a Church of Christer,” “I am a…
Views: 74[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.] A leaflet making the rounds purports to instruct us on the way to have “an eternal relationship with God.” The suggested four-point plan is as follows: Admit Your Sin—“For all have…
Views: 67[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The bulletin of another congregation announced that two members of the church had responded to the invitation on a Sunday morning. They publicly repented of forsaking the assembly of the…
Views: 81[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] “Does the New Testament say what baptism is for?” Acts 2:38 states (KJV): “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of…
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…
Views: 67[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Mere men did not invent the Bible doctrine of baptism. Jesus, in the Great Commission (Mat. 28:19–20; Mark 16:15–16), is its author, and He alone has the right to specify…
Views: 75[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The New Testament mentions several baptisms. Failure to understand and distinguish between them leads to confusion and error. Note that baptism always connotes immersion, dipping, an overwhelming, or submersion. Here…
Views: 84[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In Jesus’ incomparable Sermon on the Mount, He said: Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will…
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