The New Testament Church

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…

The Conversion of Saul

Views: 78[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: 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…

“Oh, For an Honest False Teacher”

Views: 128[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Under the title above Rubel Shelly wrote a stirring article a few decades ago. In it he ably exposed and decried the hypocrisy and deception of liberals as they made…

Lost Souls on Pentecost

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…