Visits: 24[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Once, while I was discussing the Bible with a man, he said that his wife had become a “born again” Christian awhile back. President Jimmy Carter claimed to be a…
Visits: 19[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Broadminded connotes an ample tolerance of beliefs and/or behaviors other than one’s own. Modern philosophers have created a culture that exalts this trait regarding morals and all religions (i.e., apart…
Visits: 27[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The New Testament frequently urges vigilance toward things that would spiritually hinder us. One of the clearest of these warnings is from Peter: Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the…
Visits: 30[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Solomon long ago had some words of wisdom for all of those who think change for the sake of change is as necessary as breathing: “My son, fear thou Jehovah…
Visits: 33[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] There was never a more devilish doctrine than that doctrinal purity is unimportant. None can read the New Testament with an unbiased eye and keep from seeing this emphasis. It…
Visits: 77[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction To the Corinthians Paul wrote: “For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach…
Visits: 183[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…
Visits: 76[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The title of this chapter is taken from a declaration by Paul in Romans 4:6–8: Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from…
Visits: 77[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Life is a testing ground, a time of probation. The tests, trials, temptations, and challenges come in many forms and from many sources. Some are easily recognized because they are so…
Visits: 103[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The following brief introductions to and surveys of 2 Corinthians–Colossians are part of the book, A Bible Handbook—Authored by Preachers in the Churches of Christ, edited by Jerry Moffitt. Bible students…
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