What Is “Legalism”?

Views: 72 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] Is obedience to Christ optional or unnecessary? Are belief in and “love” of Christ the only things required of sinners to be saved? Many would have it so and…

What Is a “Legalist”?

Views: 102[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.]              Many professed believers chafe at the restraints of Divine Law, as set forth in the New Testament. Those who thus pride themselves on being “broadminded” (i.e., “liberal”) often…

The Open Heart

Views: 108[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The Bible often uses the “heart” and the “mind” of man interchangeably. Scripture often extols the virtue of the open heart/mind. In Jesus’ Parable of the Sower. He taught that…

Salvation “Impossibles”

Views: 73[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our New Uploads page.] By salvation we refer to the forgiveness of sins whereby the sinner enjoys the grace of God and the hope of eternal life. Does God allow men their choice of saviors or…

The Blending of Fear and Love

Views: 68[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Is God a being of wrath to be feared or is he a benevolent person to be loved? What is the proper response of man to Jehovah: fear or love? Or…

What Is “The Gift of the Holy Spirit”?—Acts 2:38

Views: 220[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction The meaning of the phrase, the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38), has for many years been a topic of discussion among brethren.One’s understanding of this phrase is closely related…

The First Messianic Prophecy—Genesis 3:1–24

Views: 120[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction             No one can successfully deny that all but the briefest beginning of the history of humanity is one long tale of wickedness and woe, suffering and sin. The Bible is a book…

The Book of Micah—a Brief Commentary

Views: 13[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction Micah 1:1 serves as an appropriate outline for introductory details: The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah,…

Joshua, the Conqueror of Canaan

Views: 105[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction The only reason Joshua was not the greatest man of his time is because he was contemporary with Moses. None would question that he and Moses were the two principal characters…

Ezra, A Model for Every Servant of God—Ezra 7:1-10

Views: 117[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Ezra lived during Judah’s period of captivity in Babylon in the fifth century B.C. He led a group of Jews back to Judea from their land of captivity in about 457…