Views: 98[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-2 page.] When one looks closely at the New Testament, a pattern of organization for the church emerges. It is clearly stated that Christ is the “head of the church” (Eph. 1:22)….
Views: 111[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Several words are used in the Greek New Testament, which are translated by the English word servant.1 Three major types of servitude may be distinguished among these terms. One of these…
Views: 67[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Occasionally some member of the church remarks, “Nobody ever visits me!” It is almost always a complaint, sometimes uttered in bitterness. I have heard people say it almost as if they…
Views: 133[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The Greek New Testament employs several words which are translated by the English word, “servant.” There are three major types of servitude that may be distinguished among these terms. One of…
Views: 80[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Paul commanded, “Be strong in the Lord” (Eph. 6:10). The fact that we are ordered to be spiritually strong necessarily implies that it is possible for us to attain such…
Views: 248[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction More than any other group of men, whether considered on a congregational basis or in the church as a whole, elders are in a position to promote and preserve the pure…
Views: 97[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page. Although very little in Scripture concerns “qualifications” as such for leaders’ wives, we certainly can find teachings that will be of great help to us. We are familiar with the admonitions…
Views: 100[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In 1 Timothy 4:6, Paul stated a qualification of Timothy’s being “a good minister of Christ Jesus”: If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be…
Views: 156[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction As all readers surely know, there have been many waves or cycles of apostasy since the establishment of the church, and each of these has placed more and more distance between man and…
Views: 129[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] For the primitive church to be restored we must be concerned with restoring every feature of it as it appears on the pages of the New Testament. However, there are…
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