The Church of Christ

[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.]             If the church Christ built is to exist in any age, there are certain principles to which men must be committed. As surely as men abandon any of these commitments,…

Arguing With Jesus—#5

[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] They never learned. The opponents of Jesus prepared their questions and hypothetical situations. Each time they conspired and lay in wait to “catch him in his words” (Mark 12:13), they came away…

Arguing With Jesus—#3

[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Did Jesus “argue” with Himself in some of His statements? Did Paul, Peter, and John, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, contradict some of the things Jesus taught? Did these…

Arguing With Jesus—#1

[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page. As strange as it seems, some who profess belief in Jesus Christ “argue” with Him by their doctrines. They do not consciously do so and will deny doing so, but they do…

When God Talks…

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] In the 1980s a brokerage firm aired a series of TV commercials, using the theme, “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen.” These ads effectively implied the authority of its sponsor and…

The Difference Between the Lord’s Church  and the Religions of Men

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Let us begin by defining some of the terms in this chapter’s title: The Lord’s church: By the Lord, I refer to the Lord Jesus Christ, Whom God the Father acknowledged as…

Reviewing Some Fundamental Principles

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction The church as God planned it and as Christ built it is revealed in only one place: the New Testament. It is a Divine institution. It was no mere man—not even an…

False Theories versus the Truth on Inspiration

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Few subjects are more significant and far-reaching than the subject of the inspiration of the Bible. Rejection of the inspiration of the Bible equals rejection of the Bible because it claims to…

A Sudden and Curious Emphasis on Balance   

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction Has anyone else besides me noticed a recent upsurge in the cry for “balance” in preaching and writing? Further, am I the only one who has noticed that this emphasis is not…