Jerusalem From Three Perspectives—Isaiah 2–4

Visits: 36[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction1 In Isaiah 1 the prophet unleashed numerous denunciations of God’s people that spanned the reigns of Uzziah through Hezekiah. Judah and Jerusalem (especially Jerusalem) had become so corrupt that God sarcastically…

Denominatioalism or the Church?

Visits: 37            Thoughtful Bible students realize that denominational “churchianity” bears no resemblance to New Testament Christianity. It is not only fundamentally undenominational; it is anti-denominational. Men have so long lived with the abnormality of denominationalism that they almost universally accept…

A Strange Criterion for Doctrine

Visits: 15[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Several years ago I attended a debate on the issue of marriage, divorce, and remarriage. In the debate one of the antagonists foolishly contended that adultery merely means, “breaking the marriage…

Spiritual Anticlimaxes

Visits: 17[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction An anticlimax is a reversal of direction, thought, or status from the superior to the inferior or from the sublime to the ridiculous. In our days of modern, well-equipped, and…

Are Alien Sinners Amenable to the Law of Christ?

Visits: 17[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction It is exceedingly strange that anyone claiming to be informed in the Word of God would deny that alien sinners are accountable to the law of Christ. However, there have been…

Higher “Christian” Education—What Should You Expect Your Child To Be Taught?

Visits: 11[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction In his helpful, but obsolete book on the history of “Christian Colleges” (1836–1949), the late M. Norvel Young astutely observed: Two fundamental dangers recognized by students of the Christian college movement…

Christ Confronted Error About Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage

Visits: 20[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction To shallow Bible students, calling Jesus Christ “the great controversialist” might appear misguided, if not blasphemous. They would propose, contrariwise, that He is the source of peace, rather than of conflict,…

Preachers and Preaching—an Overview

Visits: 29[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.] Introduction In ages past God called men to preach His Word by immediate and/or supernatural means. He apparently thus enlisted and inspired all the Old Testament prophets (Exo. 3:10– 4:17; Jer….

Bellview Church of Christ Lectures

Visits: 187  "Leadership" Hosted by Bellview Church of Christ, Pensacola, Florida Directed by Michael Hatcher June 7–11, 1997 Subjects (After clicking on the link below, when video screen loads, please click on the menu icon in the upper left corner to access each of these…